resurge

[ ri-surj ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, re·surged, re·surg·ing.

to rise again, as from desuetude or from virtual extinction.

resurge

/ rɪˈsɜːdʒ /

verb

rare.
intr to rise again from or as if from the dead

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Word History and Origins

Origin of resurge¹

1565–75; < Latin resurgere to rise again, appear again, equivalent to re- re- + surgere to lift up, raise, variant of surrigere ( sur- sur- ² + -rigere, combining form of regere to direct, rule)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of resurge¹

C16: from Latin resurgere to rise again, reappear, from re- + surgere to lift, arise, surge

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Example Sentences

It is the years of boyhood and youth which resurge in my consciousness; their tints are vivid, their tones are clear.

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Potch lifted her hand to his lips, a resurge of the virile male in him moving his restraint.

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At his words of authority concerning the girl I loved I felt a resurge of the old suspicion and jealousy.

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resurgam resurgence

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