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resurge

American  
[ri-surj] / rɪˈsɜrdʒ /

verb (used without object)

resurged, resurging

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

resurge British  
/ rɪˈsɜːdʒ /

verb

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

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Etymology

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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