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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.

RELATED WORDS

repair, repeat, reconsider, reexamine, recur, reappear, rebound, retire, revert, revisit, react, turn, rotate, recoil, revolve, retreat, reoccur, reenter

Nearby words

  1. recrement,
  2. recriminate,
  3. recrimination,
  4. recriminatory,
  5. recross,
  6. recrudescence,
  7. recrudescent typhus,
  8. recruit,
  9. recruiter,
  10. recruitment

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)
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Examples from the Web for recrudesce

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

    The Scarlet Plague|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 Formsrecrudescence, 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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for recrudesce

recrudesce

v.

1875, "break out afresh," back-formation from recrudescence or else from Latin recrudescere "become raw again, break open afresh." Related: Recrudesced; recrudescing.

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