a. In 7 exurgent. [ad. L. ex(s)urgent-em, pr. pple. of ex(s)urgĕre: see EXSURGE.] † a. Arising, emerging. b. Rising up above the rest.

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  a.  1619.  Favour, Antiquit. Triumphing, 536. Determining exurgent controuersies in a Synod.

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  b.  1846.  Dana, Zooph. (1848), 404. The centre of the cells exsurgent.

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