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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Example sentences from the Web for resurge
It is the years of boyhood and youth which resurge in my consciousness; their tints are vivid, their tones are clear.
Ghetto Tragedies|Israel ZangwillPotch lifted her hand to his lips, a resurge of the virile male in him moving his restraint.
The Black Opal|Katharine Susannah PrichardAt his words of authority concerning the girl I loved I felt a resurge of the old suspicion and jealousy.
City of Endless Night|Milo Hastings
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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