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recrudesce

Pronunciation:  `reekroo'des

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 Definition: 
  1. [v]  become raw or open; as of skin eruptions; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
  2. [v]  happen, as of an event; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
 
 Synonyms: break, break out, develop, erupt
 
 See Also: afflict, ail, break through, come about, come through, go on, hap, happen, occur, pain, pass, pass off, take place, trouble

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re`cru*desce"\, v. i. [See {Recrudescent}.]
To be in a state of recrudescence; esp., to come into renewed
freshness, vigor, or activity; to revive.

      The general influence . . . which is liable every now
      and then to recrudesce in his absence.   --Edmund
                                               Gurney.

 

 

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