a. [ L. assurgens, p. pr. of assurgere; ad + surgere to rise. ] Ascending; (Bot.) rising obliquely; curving upward. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. insurgens, p. pr. of insurgere to rise up; pref. in- in + surgere to rise. See Surge. ] Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious. “The insurgent provinces.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. insurgent. ] A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel.
a. [ L. resurgens, -entis, p. pr. of resurgere. See Resurrection. ] Rising again, as from the dead. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who rises again, as from the dead. [ R. ] Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. surgens, p. pr. ] Rising; swelling, as a flood. [ R. ] Robert Greene. [ 1913 Webster ]