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RECRUDESCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become raw or open

Example:

Such boils tend to recrudesce

Synonyms:

break out; erupt; recrudesce

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "recrudesce" is one way to...):

ail; pain; trouble (cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 2

Meaning:

Happen

Example:

These political movements recrudesce from time to time

Synonyms:

break; develop; recrudesce

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "recrudesce" is one way to...):

come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)

Verb group:

develop (be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest)

Sentence frame:

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Derivation:

recrudescence (a return of something after a period of abatement)

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