Exurge
/ɪɡˈzɜːrdʒ/noun
To rise up or emerge, especially from a lower position or condition.
Did you know?“Exsurge Domine,” meaning “Arise, O Lord,” was the title of a 1520 papal bull issued against Martin Luther, giving the word a dramatic religious and political history.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*reg-
“To straighten, guide, or direct upward”
Ancient Latin
Latin
regere
“To guide, rule, or make straight”
Classical Latin
Latin
surgere
“To rise, stand up, or spring upward; formed from subrigere”
Late Latin
Latin
exurgere
“To rise up or arise, literally moving upward or outward”
Medieval Latin
Latin
exsurge
“Arise!—the imperative command used in religious writing”
16th Century
English
exurge
“To rise up or emerge; a rare learned borrowing”
Modern English
English
exurge
“To rise or emerge, chiefly in archaic or specialized usage”