- resurgent
- adjective Etymology: Latin resurgent-, resurgens, present participle of resurgere Date: 1805 undergoing or tending to produce resurgence
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résurgent — résurgent, ente [ rezyrʒɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • fin XIXe; « ressuscité » 1525; lat. resurgens, de resurgere « rejaillir » ♦ Didact. Se dit des eaux qui reparaissent à la surface après un trajet souterrain. Point d émergence d eaux résurgentes. ●… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Resurgent — Re*sur gent, a. [L. resurgens, entis, p. pr. of resurgere. See {Resurrection}.] Rising again, as from the dead. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Resurgent — Re*sur gent, n. One who rises again, as from the dead. [R.] Sydney Smith. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
resurgent — index corrigible, renascent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
resurgent — (adj.) 1808, from obsolete verb resurge to rise again (1570s), from L. resurgere rise again, from re again (see RE (Cf. re )) + surgere to rise (see SURGE (Cf. surge)) … Etymology dictionary
resurgent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ increasing or reviving after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence. DERIVATIVES resurgence noun. ORIGIN from Latin resurgere rise again … English terms dictionary
resurgent — [risʉr′jənt] adj. [L resurgens, prp.] rising or tending to rise again; resurging resurgence n … English World dictionary
resurgent — resurgence re‧sur‧gence [rɪˈsɜːdʒns ǁ ɜːr ] noun [singular] the return of an activity or success: • Ford s resurgence during the mid 1980s • If we see a resurgence in demand, we are likely to experience shortages. resurgent adjective … Financial and business terms
resurgent — [[t]rɪsɜ͟ː(r)ʤ(ə)nt[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n You use resurgent to say that something is becoming stronger and more popular after a period when it has been weak and unimportant. [FORMAL] ...the threat from the resurgent nationalist movement … English dictionary
resurgent — resurgence, n. /ri serr jeuhnt/, adj. rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent. [1760 70; < L resurgent (s. of resurgens, prp. of resurgere). See RESURGE, ENT] * * * … Universalium
