resurgentadj.n.
/rᵻˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/, U.S. /rəˈsərdʒ(ə)nt/, /riˈsərdʒ(ə)nt/ A. adj.
1. That rises, or tends to rise, again; increasing or reviving after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > moving upwards > again
resurging1594
re-rising1658
resurgent1746
reorient1850
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > restoring to flourishing condition > regaining flourishing condition
reviving1548
resurging1594
revirescent1644
renascent1662
resurgent1746
reviviscent1772
reflorescent1826
recrudescent1833
renaissant1875
1746 Baffled Hero ii. 14 Whose aweful Shade, if Fame may gain Belief, Resurgent gaz'd with Rapture on the Chief.
1775 ‘Layman’ Strictures on Churches of Rome, Eng. & Scotl. 56 Like a series of icicles.., hardened during the darkness and rigour of incumbent night, but quickly melted by to-morrow's resurgent, all-glorious sun.
1808 S. Smith Wks. (1850) 119/2 To extinguish, if possible, that resurgent principle which has so often disturbed the serious business of the country.
1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 490 Resurgent Poland, he says, means resurgent Hungary, and even resurgent Italy.
1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 241 The strife is not ended, the pain may still be resurgent.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 658 The first golden limb of the resurgent sun perceptible low on the horizon.
1967 S. M. Katre Pāṇinian Stud. I. p. viii With the resurgent interest in linguistic studies..it is appropriate that Pāṇinian studies should form part of the Building Centenary and Silver Jubilee Series.
1995 Observer 6 Aug. 17/1 Hong Kong police say that the Triads are resurgent.
2.
a. Geology. Designating gas, vapour, water, etc., which after being absorbed from groundwater by magma or other rock is subsequently released into the atmosphere; of or relating to such fluids.
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the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > having specific attributes
coercible1777
condensable1788
indifferent1886
resurgent1908
propellant1945
1908 R. A. Daly in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 176 48 These fluids were deposited and buried in the strata. They have been resurrected in their activity. They have ‘risen again’, both literally and figuratively; they may be called ‘resurgent’ emanations.
1932 F. F. Grout Petrogr. & Petrol. iii. 212 Magmas may acquire gases by assimilating or dissolving..some wall or roof rock that contained gas or water. This is ‘resurgent water’.
1992 Tectonophysics 216 182/2 The graded bed apparently consists of ejecta brought back into the crater by resurgent water immediately after the impact.
b. Geomorphology. Of a stream or spring: emerging at the surface after flowing underground. Also: associated with or created by such a stream. Cf. resurgence n. 2.
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1947 R. L. G. Irving tr. N. Casteret My Caves ii. ii. 110 Some of these resurgent streams attain an impressive output of water.
1972 M. Herak & V. T. Stringfield Karst xiii. 435 Resurgent caves..are associated with the uprising of water around the flanks of the Mendips.
1997 Amer. Anthropologist 99 605/2 One of the two glyphs refers to water, and Stephen Houston..suspects the temple and pyramid are aligned to a resurgent spring.
2009 D. Kelsall & J. Kelsall Yorks. Dales: North & East 15/1 Shake holes, sinks, potholes, caves, disappearing and resurgent streams and rivers, dry valleys..are all features of this remarkable karst landscape.
c. Geology. Designating a very large volcanic caldera having an uplifted dome in its floor, formed by the movement of magma in the chamber below; of or relating to such a caldera.
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1962 R. L. Smith & R. A. Bailey in Internat. Symp. Volcanol., Japan: Abstr. 68 Because the distinctive feature of the Valles and Toba structures is central uplift or resurgence of the subsided floor, the name resurgent cauldron seems appropriate for them.
1975 Science 23 May 788/1 After the collapse, a resurgent dome formed within the eastern caldera segment.
1985 F. Press & R. Siever Earth (ed. 4) xvi. 414 Large resurgent calderas are among the most destructive natural catastrophes on Earth.
1996 C. Frankel Volcanoes Solar Syst. vi. 132 Large volcanoes with low relief and soft, erodable flanks make up the class of pyroclastic, explosive features known as resurgent calderas.
B. n.
1. A person who has risen again, esp. after death. In modern use frequently: a rebel; any one of a group of rebels (cf. insurgent n.).
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the world > life > source or principle of life > resurrection or revival > [noun] > one who is
risera1631
resurgent1763
resuscitate1814
mossback1876
resurrect1892
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > insurgent > one who has risen up again
resurgent1808
1763 A. Tucker Freewill 267 St. Paul likens the spiritual body of resurgents to the blade springing from wheat, or barley,..which Naturalists tell us is no more than an expansion of the little germ contained in the seed.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 275 We who are alive shall be caught up in the clouds together with the resurgents.
1808 S. Smith Wks. (1850) 114/1 Scarcely a day elapsed in which the degraded resurgent did not appear before the European.
1875 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea V. vi. xvi. 156 The resurgents on their part, whilst sheering off by the flanks, took care to give no offence.
1927 Times 21 Oct. 15/1 He spoke with admiration of the heroic and adventurous Greek resurgents.
1963 J. Gray I & II Kings iii. v. 485 It was primarily the influence of the Phoenician Jezebel in religion and society that the resurgents opposed.
1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 7 Perhaps he has read of those Resurgents of Hungary, of Livonia or Walachia, who wander restless between sunset and dawn, hiding then in their graves at cock-crow.
2. Geomorphology. A resurgent stream (cf. sense A. 2b). rare.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > re-emergence
resurgence1900
resurgent1965
1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. i. 12 The outlets of large underground rivers are termed resurgents.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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