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Definition of Resurface

1. Verb. Reappear on the surface.

2. Verb. Cover with a new surface.

3. Verb. Appear again. "The missing man suddenly resurfaced in New York"

Definition of Resurface

1. Verb. (intransitive) To come once again to the surface ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To provide a new surface, to replace or remodel the surface of something, or to restore a surface. To put a new coating or finish on a surface. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To arise or become evident again. To re-occur or reappear. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive rare) To make something reappear. ¹

5. Verb. (sense of a person) To come out of hiding or obscurity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Resurface

1. surface [v -FACED, -FACING, -FACES] - See also: surface

Lexicographical Neighbors of Resurface

resummons resumption resumptions resumptive resumptive pronoun resumptive pronouns resumptively resupinate resupinated resupination

resupine resupplied resupplies resupply resupplying resurface (current term) resurfaced resurfacer resurfacers resurfaces

resurfacing resurge resurged resurgence resurgences resurgent resurges resurging resurgings resurrect

Literary usage of Resurface

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Department Reports of the State of Ohio: Containing the Decisions, Opinions (1920)
"Said Section 3298-5 reads: "The township trustees may, without the presentation of a petition, take the necessary steps to construct, reconstruct, resurface ..."

2. Annual Report by Newport (R.I.). Public Works Dept (1907)
"... Eyes Broadway resurface roadbed Bellevue Ave. resurface, Ledge Road east Bellevue Ave. resurface, Mill St. south West Narragansett Ave. resurface . ..."

3. Official Proceedings for the Annual Convention by American Society for Municipal Improvements (1897)
"The writer refused to accept the street, and ordered the contractors to resurface same, This has not yet been done. The City Council has again ordered the ..."

4. Official Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by American Society of Municipal Engineers (1897)
"The writer refused to accept the street, and ordered the contractors to resurface same, This has not yet been done. The City Council has again ordered the ..."

5. Annual Report by Detroit (Mich.), Commissioners of Parks and Boulevards (1901)
"of material required to resurface same would be greatly in excess of our output, the same was repaired in a general way, ..."

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