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re⋅sur⋅face

[ree-sur-fis] verb, -faced, -fac⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to give a new surface to.
–verb (used without object)
2. to come to the surface again.

Origin:
1885–90; re- + surface


re⋅sur⋅fac⋅er, noun
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re·sur·face   (rē-sûr'fəs)   
v.   re·sur·faced, re·sur·fac·ing, re·sur·fac·es

v.   tr.
To cover with a new surface: resurfacing a road; resurfaced the floor.
v.   intr.
To come to the surface again; reappear: The rumor has resurfaced.
re·sur'fac·er n.
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Word Origin & History

resurface 
1886, "to provide with a fresh surface," from re- "back, again" + surface (q.v.). Meaning "to come to the surface again" is recorded from 1953.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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