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recrudesce

[ ree-kroo-des ]
/ ˌri kruˈdɛs /
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verb (used without object), re·cru·desced, re·cru·desc·ing.
to break out afresh, as a sore, a disease, or anything else that has been quiescent.
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Origin of recrudesce

1880–85; <Latin recrūdēscere to become raw again, equivalent to re-re- + crūdēscere to grow harsh, worse (crūd(us) bloody (see crude) + -ēscere inchoative suffix)

Words nearby recrudesce

recrement, recriminate, recrimination, rec room, recross, recrudesce, recrudescence, recrudescent typhus, recruit, recruiter, recruitment
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Words related to recrudesce

repair, repeat, reconsider, reexamine, recur, reappear, rebound, retire, revert, revisit, react, turn, rotate, recoil, revolve, retreat, back up, bounce back, come back, double back

How to use recrudesce in a sentence

  • It was noticeable that in these rambling soliloquies his English seemed to recrudesce into better construction and phraseology.

    The Scarlet Plague|Jack London

  • Nor from within the darkened chamber of himself could reality recrudesce.

    The Red One|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for recrudesce

recrudesce
/ (ˌriːkruːˈdɛs) /
verb
(intr) (of a disease, trouble, etc) to break out or appear again after a period of dormancy; recur

Derived forms of recrudesce

recrudescence, nounrecrudescent, adjective

Word Origin for recrudesce

C19: from Latin recrūdēscere to become raw again, from re- + crūdēscere to grow worse, from crūdus bloody, raw; see crude
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