Meanings
present singular third person resurges · participle present resurging · participle past resurged · past resurged
plural resurges
- 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 41 more example
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
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃réǵeti
- Proto-Italic*regō
- Latinregō
- Latinsubrigō
- Latinsurrigō
- Latinsurgō
- Latinresurgō
- Englishresurge
Borrowed from Latin resurgō (“rise again”).
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Spanish resurgir
- resurgirTranslations
Cite this entry
resurge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resurge
“resurge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resurge. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resurge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resurge.
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