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Definition of Recrudesce
1. Verb. Happen. "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
Generic synonyms: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Happen, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
Related verbs: Develop
Also: Break Out, Break Through
Derivative terms: Development, Recrudescence
2. Verb. Become raw or open. "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
Definition of Recrudesce
1. v. i. To be in a state of recrudescence; esp., to come into renewed freshness, vigor, or activity; to revive.
Definition of Recrudesce
1. Verb. (intransitive) to recur, or break out anew after a dormant period ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Recrudesce
1. [v -DESCED, -DESCING, -DESCES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recrudesce
Literary usage of Recrudesce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jack London and Hawaii by Charmian London (1918)
"Would Kilauea, which had this long time dwindled to a breath of smoke, recrudesce ?
A telephone to Hilo brought no report of any increased activity. ..."
2. The Call of the Wild by Jack London (1903)
"It was noticeable that in these rambling soliloquies his English seemed to
recrudesce into better construction and phraseology. But when he talked directly ..."
3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1847)
"... recrudesce!, que modo nulla fuit.'1 If that the former object it review."
Or, as the poet compares it to embers in ashes, which the wind blows, ..."
4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter, Great Britain India Office (1908)
"... then practically disappearing or remaining dormant throughout the hot and
rainy seasons, to recrudesce in September with the advent of the cold season. ..."
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