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upsurge

noun

Etymology

From up- + 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 upsurge — “up + surge”

Definitions

  1. A sudden strong rise or flow.

    • Our South Wales correspondent expects the current upsurge of coal traffic in South Wales to swell BR tonnage in the area by 20 per cent this year compared with 1963 carryings.

  2. to surge up, or to become stronger or greater

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA