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resumptive
[ ri-zuhmp-tiv ]
adjective
- that summarizes:
a resumptive statement.
- that tends to resume or repeat:
a speech so resumptive that its point was lost.
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Other Words From
- re·sumptive·ly adverb
- unre·sumptive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of resumptive1
First recorded in 1850–55; resumpt(ion) + -ive
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Example Sentences
The drama, by its very nature, is an art traditional in form and resumptive in its subject-matter.
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When it was produced, it was not novel, but resumptive, in its thought; and therefore it succeeded.
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Like many of Lucian's compositions, it has what may be termed a retrospective and resumptive value.
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