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resurprise

resurprise verb: to surprise again.

Verb

resurprise (third-person singular simple present resurprises, present participle resurprising, simple past and past participle resurprised)

  1. (rare, transitive) To surprise again.
    • […] if Amanda had not come to surprise him, if she had not also brought Margaret to resurprise him.2025, Herbert Gold, Daughter Mine, page 75

Forms of resurprise

third-person singular presentresurprises
present participleresurprising
past participleresurprised
pastresurprised

Origin of resurprise

From re- + surprise.

Questions about resurprise

What does resurprise mean?
Resurprise means to surprise again.
What part of speech is resurprise?
Resurprise is a verb.
What is the past tense of resurprise?
The past tense of resurprise is resurprised.

Words near resurprise in the dictionary

  1. resurgent
  2. resurgents
  3. resurges
  4. resurging
  5. resurgings
  6. resurprise
  7. resurprised
  8. resurprises
  9. resurprising
  10. Resurreccion
  11. resurrect

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