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re-emerge en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + emerge.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of reemerge.
   alt of reemerge
   • With the growing awareness of climate change, congestion, and regional inequality, rail transport has re-emerged as a solution. 2025 July 9, Oliver Wheeler, “Action stations...”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 68:
   • 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. 1954 January, H. P. White, “Vignettes of the Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 54, at Harmon station, New York:
   • It was a remarkable climax to a match that ended with another of those disappearing acts from John Terry only to re-emerge, in full kit, so he could climb the steps, shake the hands of Eusébio, Michel Platini and all the other dignitaries, then help Frank Lampard to lift the trophy. 15 May 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic climbs highest to sink Benfica”, in The Guardian:

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