RESURGE Definition & Meaning

resurge

[ ri-surj ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

resurged, resurging.

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

resurge

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verb

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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of resurge¹

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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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of resurge¹

C16: from Latin resurgere to rise again, reappear, from re- + surgere to lift, arise, surge

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The industry resurged in 2024, boosted by Trump, a former skeptic who pledged to turn the U.S. into the crypto capital of the world.

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But in the past, the U.S. has seen deadly overdoses dip one year, only to resurge.

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The C.D.C. is focusing on encouraging Americans at highest risk to become vaccinated before the virus resurges.

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Measles, a highly contagious but preventable disease, is resurging in pockets of the United States, a warning of the dangers of the strengthening anti-vaccine movement.

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While behavioral change can curtail outbreaks in the short term, vaccinations prevent the outbreak from resurging once people return to their normal routines, said Virginia Pitzer, an epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health.

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