resurface

1. (intransitive) To come once again to the surface.Examples: "His body finally resurfaced after three years underwater."intransitive

2. (intransitive) To surface again; to reappear or re-occur.Examples: "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 […]"intransitive

3. (transitive, rare) To make something reappear.Examples: "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."raretransitive

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.Examples: "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."transitive