relapse
verb (used without object)
to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc..
had relapsed
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past perfectof relapse.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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To the insurer, it would look like he had relapsed, which he said he had not during that time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Notably, 35 percent of the individuals who were in remission at the 2.5-year follow-up had relapsed to either full or sub-threshold binge-eating disorder at the 5-year follow-up.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
They found she had relapsed with another type of leukaemia and she is now receiving chemotherapy.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2023
The other eight did not show an immune response and six had relapsed by 18 months.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 16, 2023
He had relapsed into the previous state, as before he came up from Tsu.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Lewis Wingfield
