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Surgent (gcide) | Surgent \Sur"gent\, a. [L. surgens, p. pr.]
Rising; swelling, as a flood. [R.] --Robert Greene.
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assurgent (encz) | assurgent,stoupající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
insurgent (encz) | insurgent,povstalec n: Zdeněk Brožinsurgent,povstalecký adj: Pinoinsurgent,vzbouřenec n: Zdeněk Brožinsurgent,vzbouřenecký adj: Pino |
resurgent (encz) | resurgent,obrozující se resurgent,znovuožívající |
Assurgent (gcide) | Assurgent \As*sur"gent\, a. [L. assurgens, p. pr. of assurgere;
ad + surgere to rise.]
Ascending; (Bot.) rising obliquely; curving upward. --Gray.
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Insurgent (gcide) | Insurgent \In*sur"gent\, 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]Insurgent \In*sur"gent\, 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.
Syn: See Rebel.
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renascent resurgent (gcide) | dynamical \dynamical\ adj. [Narrower terms: can-do; driving;
energizing, energising, kinetic; {forceful, slashing,
vigorous}; projectile; {propellant, propellent, propelling,
propulsive}; renascent, resurgent; {self-propelled,
self-propelling}; {high-octane, high-powered, high-power,
high-voltage}]
[WordNet 1.5] Dynamically \Dy*nam"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In accordance with the principles of dynamics or moving
forces. --J. Peile.
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Resurgent (gcide) | Resurgent \Re*sur"gent\, a. [L. resurgens, -entis, p. pr. of
resurgere. See Resurrection.]
Rising again, as from the dead. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]Resurgent \Re*sur"gent\, n.
One who rises again, as from the dead. [R.] --Sydney Smith.
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assurgent (wn) | assurgent
adj 1: rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"
2: growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf" |
counterinsurgent (wn) | counterinsurgent
adj 1: of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a
government to defeat insurgency |
insurgent (wn) | insurgent
adj 1: in opposition to a civil authority or government [syn:
insurgent, seditious, subversive]
n 1: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the
constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving
conditions) [syn: insurgent, insurrectionist, {freedom
fighter}, rebel]
2: a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger
force by sabotage and harassment [syn: guerrilla,
guerilla, irregular, insurgent] |
resurgent (wn) | resurgent
adj 1: rising again as to new life and vigor; "resurgent
nationalism" [syn: resurgent, renascent] |
INSURGENT (bouvier) | INSURGENT. One who is concerned in an insurrection. He differs from a rebel
in this, that rebel is always understood in a bad sense, or one who unjustly
opposes the constituted authorities; insurgent may be one who justly opposes
the tyranny of constituted authorities. The colonists who opposed the
tyranny of the English government were insurgents, not rebels.
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