resurge

R1E1S1U1R1G2E1
/rɪˈsɜːd͡ʒ/

verb

To rise again; to go through a period of renewed vigor or vitality.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

verbresurge (third-person singular simple present resurges, present participle resurging, simple past and past participle resurged)

present singular third person resurges · participle present resurging · participle past resurged · past resurged

  1. intransitiveTo rise again; to go through a period of renewed vigor or vitality.
nounresurge (plural resurges)

plural resurges

  1. A resurgence.

    There was a resurge of interest in summarization in the nineties with the organization of a number of relevant scientific events […]

    2012, Thierry Poibeau, Horacio Saggion, Jakub Piskorski, Multi-source, Multilingual Information Extraction and Summarization, page 4
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    Lovers of style and beauty the world over have for decades, even centuries now, looked back to the days of the last lavish escapades of the French courts whenever there is a resurge of the human appetite for the ornate, gilded opulence that you see characterized in these pieces.

    2022, Roscoe R. Rau, Walter F. Shaw, Selling Home Furnishings: A Training Program

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  4. Proto-Italic*supo
  5. Latinsub
  6. Latinsub-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₃réǵeti
  9. Proto-Italic*regō
  10. Latinregō
  11. Latinsubrigō
  12. Latinsurrigō
  13. Latinsurgō
  14. Latinresurgō
  15. Englishresurge

Borrowed from Latin resurgō (“rise again”).

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Translations

Spanish resurgir
  • resurgirTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

resurge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resurge

MLA

“resurge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resurge. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resurge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resurge.

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