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countersurge

noun

Etymology

From counter- + surge.

  1. derived from *h₃réǵeti✻
  2. derived from surgō
  3. derived from surgir
  4. derived from surgir — “to rise, ride near the shore, arrive, land”
  5. derived from sourgir
  6. inherited from ^((please verify)) surgen
  7. prefixed as countersurge — “counter + surge”

Definitions

  1. A surge opposing an earlier surge.

    • Across the centuries the fortunes of the two religions have risen and fallen in a sequence of momentous surges, pauses, and countersurges.

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