recrudesce
[ ree-kroo-des ]
/ ˌri kruˈdɛs /
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.
Origin of recrudesce
Words nearby recrudesce
recreationist,
recrement,
recriminate,
recrimination,
recross,
recrudesce,
recrudescence,
recrudescent typhus,
recruit,
recruitment,
recrystallize
Example sentences 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 forms of recrudesce
recrudescence, noun recrudescent, adjectiveWord Origin for recrudesce
C19: from Latin
recrūdēscere to become raw again, from
re- +
crūdēscere to grow worse, from
crūdus bloody, raw; see
crude