(intransitive) To come once again to the surfaceHis body finally resurfaced after three years underwater.
(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.
(intransitive) To arise or become evident again. To re-occur or reappear.
(transitive, rare) To make something reappear.
1991, Fall, Vigen Guroian, Armenian genocide and Christian existence., Tourian's poem exhibits a central strand of the Catholic tradition which has been suppressed in Armenian religious life but needs to be resurfaced.