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re⋅sur⋅gent

  [ri-sur-juhnt]
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–adjective
rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent.
Origin:
1760–70; < L resurgent- (s. of resurgēns, prp. of resurgere). See resurge, -ent

Related forms:
re⋅sur⋅gence, noun
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re·sur·gent   (rĭ-sûr'jənt)   
adj.  

  1. Experiencing or tending to bring about renewal or revival.

  2. Sweeping or surging back again.

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resurgent  (adj.)
1808, from obs. verb resurge "to rise again" (1575), from L. resurgere "rise again," from re- "again" + surgere "to rise" (see surge). Modern verb resurge (1887) is a back-formation.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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