resurge

American  

[ri-surj] / rɪˈsɜrdʒ /

verb (used without object)

resurged, resurging

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

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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)

Example Sentences

Waller expressed concern that the Fed might be “head-faked” by temporary slowdowns in inflation, only for prices to resurge again, which previously occurred in mid-2021 and the fall of 2020.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2023

At times, the preteen translated questions into Spanish for her mother, who said Merlina had been suffering a fever that would dip a little after she took Tylenol, only to resurge again.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2023

Federal health officials have said they need to choose one or more revised versions by June to manufacture doses by the fall, when they expect the coronavirus to resurge.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2022

Jafari worries it could resurge when the weather warms and people begin to travel for Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 2, 2022

"And, indeed, I wish my grandfather were here, and would resurge, as he promises to do on his tombstone; and would bring my father, the Ensign, with him."

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace