resurface

verb

1. (intransitive)To come once again to the surface.

   “His body finally resurfaced after three years underwater.”

2. (intransitive)To surface again; to reappear or re-occur.

   “Just as amazing, gruesome morgue photos of some of the madman's street-walker victims also resurfaced after being missing for decades.”

   “Subplots that might have been fun to explore were relegated or eventually sidelined altogether in the case of characters like Gendry, who disappeared for years and finally resurfaces as a blacksmith in King’s Landing, literally waiting for the call to his hero’s journey.”

   “The people in hiding now resurfaced in large numbers […]”

   “The Landguard Road overbridge to the south has subsequently been removed, although aspirations to reopen the four-mile route to Ventnor resurface from time to time.”

   “Anonymity lies at the center of the mythology surrounding the elusive street artist Banksy, but he may have revealed his name in a resurfaced interview.”

3. (rare, transitive)To make something reappear.

   “Tourian's poem exhibits a central strand of the Catholic tradition which has been suppressed in Armenian religious life but needs to be resurfaced.”

   “Hajjar said the initial idea was to resurface retro holiday sweaters, typically featuring reindeer and Christmas trees.”

   “Before coronavirus shuttered the world, a typical month for Connecticut native Zac Mathias was packed with appointments for microneedling (a collagen-stimulating process that involves repeated pin-pricks all over the face), regular resurfacing hydrafacials, rejuvenating laser treatments and the occasional red-light therapy session.”

4. (transitive)To provide a new surface, to replace or remodel the surface of something, or to restore a surface. To put a new coating or finish on a surface.

   “A zamboni is a big machine that resurfaces ice at a rink so it is smooth as glass for the skaters.”

   “Both platforms are being resurfaced, and work will take place to improve stepping distances between the platforms and trains.”