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resurge

[ ri-surj ]
/ rɪˈsɜrdʒ /
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verb (used without object), re·surged, re·surg·ing.
to rise again, as from desuetude or from virtual extinction.
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Origin of resurge

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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British Dictionary definitions for resurge

resurge
/ (rɪˈsɜːdʒ) /

verb
(intr) rare to rise again from or as if from the dead

Word Origin for resurge

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