resurface
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resurface (third-person singular simple present resurfaces, present participle resurfacing, simple past and past participle resurfaced)
- (intransitive) To come once again to the surface
- His body finally resurfaced after three years underwater.
- (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.
- (intransitive) To arise or become evident again. To re-occur or reappear.
- (transitive, rare) To make something reappear.
- 1991,, Vigen Guroian, “Armenian genocide and Christian existence.”, Cross Currents, volume 41, number 3, page 3322:
- Tourian's poem exhibits a central strand of the Catholic tradition which has been suppressed in Armenian religious life but needs to be resurfaced.
- 1991,, Vigen Guroian, “Armenian genocide and Christian existence.”, Cross Currents, volume 41, number 3, page 3322:
- (of a person): To come out of hiding or obscurity.