Re-emerge
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 Alternative form of reemerge. alt-of, alternative
"No sooner had a waiting locomotive backed on to its train, the vociferous 4-6-4 or 4-8-4 re-emerged from under the bridge, and the two red marker lights on the last vehicles passed, than the headlight of the electric engine hauling the following train could be seen under the bridge and the waiting queue of locomotives had moved up one."
- 2 appear again wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"Researchers weakened the malaria parasite by knocking out three genes that the organism needs in order to replicate in the human liver and re-emerge in the bloodstream to cause illness."
Etymology
From re- + emerge.
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