December 23, 2009
- surge (verb)
- \SERJ\

- 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.
- Are you a word wiz?
Which one of these words do you think is related to "surge"?
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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