relapse
verb (used without object)
to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc..
is relapsing
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present progressiveof relapse (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The most common type is relapsing remitting MS, affecting around 85 percent of patients at the time of diagnosis.
From Reuters ● May 28, 2012
It must be noted, however, that in a large majority of such cases of successive contagion it is relapsing fever which has been followed by typhus, while the reverse has been observed much more rarely.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
"May God relieve her and us," said Maria; "the darling child is relapsing!"
From Jane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of Springvale The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton
Sympathy, which, a generation ago, was taking the shape of justice, is relapsing into generosity; and the generosity is exercised by inflicting injustice.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams
