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Definition of "recrudesce" []

  • To break out anew or come into renewed activity, as after a period of quiescence. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "recrudesce" in a sentence
  • "It was noticeable that in these rambling soliloquies his English seemed to recrudesce into better construction and phraseology."
  • "Nor from within the darkened chamber of himself could reality recrudesce."
  • "(Originally scheduled to recrudesce this coming fall, Prospect 2 has been delayed until 2011.)"