Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
verb (used without object), re·surged, re·surg·ing.
- to rise again, as from desuetude or from virtual extinction.
verb
- (intr) rare to rise again from or as if from the dead
1887 in modern use, back-formation from resurgent. The verb also was in use in 17c., from Latin resurgere, but it became obsolete. An older verb form was resourd (mid-15c.). Related: Resurged; resurging.