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resurface

/ɹiːˈsɜːfɪs/ UK
/ɹiːˈsɜɹfɪs/ US

verb resurfaces · resurfacing · resurfaced

intransitive To come once again to the surface. His body finally resurfaced after three years underwater.
intransitive To surface again; to reappear or re-occur. Just as amazing, gruesome morgue photos of some of the madman's street-walker victims also resurfaced after being missing for decades.
rare, transitive To make something reappear. Tourian's poem exhibits a central strand of the Catholic tradition which has been suppressed in Armenian religious life but needs to be resurfaced.
transitive To provide a new surface, to replace or remodel the surface of something, or to restore a surface. To put a new coating or finish on a surface. A zamboni is a big machine that resurfaces ice at a rink so it is smooth as glass for the skaters.

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verb to come once again to the surface

Français	remonter à la surface

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"resurface." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/resurface.

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@misc{resurface_2026,
  title = {resurface},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/resurface},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}