em-, emp-, empt- (sump-, -sum-)
(Latin: a taking, to take, to take up, to buy, to select; to use, to spend, to consume)
redeemable
redeemer
redemption
redemption
resume
1. To continue with something after a temporary halt.
2. To take, assume, or occupy a position again.
resumption
1. In general use, the action of taking back or recovering something.
2. The action of resuming, taking up, or commencing again with something that has been stopped for a while.
resumptive
sample
sampler
subsume
1. To include or incorporate something into a larger order, category, or classification.
2. To show that a rule applies to something.
3. Originally, to make one point within another.
subsumption
1. In logic, a proposition subsumed under another; a minor premiss; generally, an assumption.
2. Chiefly in logic and philosophy, the bringing of a concept, cognition, etc. under a general term or a larger or higher concept, etc.; the instancing of a case under a rule, or the like.
sumption
1. The reception (of the Sacrament, of Christ in the Sacrament).
2. The taking of a thing as true without proof; hence, an assumption, premise.; the major premise of a syllogism.
sumptuary
1. Pertaining to or regulating expenditure.
2. Someone who is responsible for expenditures.
sumptuary
sumptuous
1. A reference to buildings, apparel, repasts, and the like: Made or produced at great cost; costly and (hence) magnificent in workmanship, construction, decoration, etc.
2. With reference to natural objects, splendid or magnificent in appearance.
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