▪ I. insurge, v. Now rare.
(ɪnˈsɜːdʒ)
Also 6 ensourge.
[ad. L. insurgĕre to rise upon or to, f. in- (in-2) + surgĕre to rise. In form and sense partly through Fr.: cf. (in sense 1) OF. s'insurgir (1414 in Godef.), and (in sense 3) mod.F. s'insurger (16th c. in Godef. Compl.).]
† 1. intr. To arise, spring up. (= OF. ensourdre, s'insurgir). Obs.
| 1523 Wolsey Let. to Hen. VIII in St. Papers I. 117 The manyfolde difficulties which have insurged. 1527 Ibid. I. 240 If in the communicacion or debating therof..ther shulde insurge any doubte or difficulte..she wolde so interpone her auctorite. 1532 Hen. VIII Proclam. abolishing power of Pope (ed. 2, 1535, in Soc. Antiq., Procl. I. 78), We..perceyuyng rightwel what great reste, quietnes, and tranquilite of consciens & manyfold other commodities might insurge & arise vnto them. 1548 Hall Chron., Edw. IV 223 That there should insurge hereafter, no newe commocion within the realme again. 1576 Newton Lemnie's Complex. (1633) 192 And not this discommodity alone, but certaine other sickly and foule affections insurge thereupon. |
† 2. intr. Of the sea: To surge or rush in upon.
| 1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII, c. 9 The flud and rage of the sea..insurgyng vppon suche decayed tenementes in times of tempest. |
† 3. intr. To rise in opposition or insurrection against; to make insurrection, revolt. Obs.
| 1532 More Confut. Tindale Wks. 724/1 All the heretikes that rebelle againste it, nor all the tyrauntes vppon earth that ensourge & oppugne it [the Church]. c 1540 tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden) I. 183 Cuthredus..beinge endamaged with manie injuries by the Mercians..insurged mannefullie againste them. 1548 Udall Erasm. Par. Luke Pref. 3 b, Antichriste followyng the steppes of his father Lucifer..also hath ensourged against heauen. 1577–87 Holinshed Chron. I. 42/1 The chiefe cause of the Britains insurging against the Romans. c 1610 J. Melville in Morison A. Melville vii. (1898) 84 He, insurging with graitter bauldnes & force of langage buir out the mater. |
4. trans. To stir up; to raise in tumult, hostility, or insurrection. Obs. exc. as nonce-wd.
| 1796 Monthly Rev. XX. 568 You insurge the people. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 498/2 He [Miranda] saw a good deal of Pitt, who had determined to make use of him to ‘insurge’ the Spanish colonies. |
Hence inˈsurged ppl. a.
| 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 230 b, The Kynges highnes was credebly certefied of this new insurged insurrection. |
▪ II. † inˈsurge, n. Obs. rare—1.
[f. insurge v.]
A heaving or rising; an upheaval.
| c 1555 Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (Camden) 177 She was tossed and tumbled by the rageous insurges of the seas, of the wind and water. |