December 23, 2009
surge (verb)
\SERJ\ Hear it!
What does it mean?
1 : to rise and fall actively2 : to move in or as if in waves
How do you use it?
A crowd of shoppers surged into the electronics department when it was announced that DVD players were marked down to half price.
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Both "surge" and "source," which refers to a force that gives rise to something, are rooted in the Latin verb "surgere," meaning "to rise or spring forth." The noun "insurgent," a term for a person who revolts or "rises up" against established authority also comes from "surgere," added to the prefix "in-." When it is combined with "re-," "surgere" forms the basis for the noun "resurrection," the act of "rising again," especially from the dead.
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