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Definition of recrudesce verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

recrudesce

verb
 
/ˌriːkruːˈdes/
 
/ˌriːkruːˈdes/
[intransitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they recrudesce
 
/ˌriːkruːˈdes/
 
/ˌriːkruːˈdes/
he / she / it recrudesces
 
/ˌriːkruːˈdesɪz/
 
/ˌriːkruːˈdesɪz/
past simple recrudesced
 
/ˌriːkruːˈdest/
 
/ˌriːkruːˈdest/
past participle recrudesced
 
/ˌriːkruːˈdest/
 
/ˌriːkruːˈdest/
-ing form recrudescing
 
/ˌriːkruːˈdesɪŋ/
 
/ˌriːkruːˈdesɪŋ/
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  1. (especially of something bad) to happen again synonym recur
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: back-formation from recrudescence ‘recurrence’, from Latin recrudescere ‘become raw again’, from re- ‘again’ + crudus ‘raw’.
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