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for recrudesce
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Recrudesce \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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Recrudescence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
recrudesce
v 1: happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political
movements recrudesce from time to time" [syn: break,
recrudesce, develop]
2: become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks
out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
[syn: erupt, recrudesce, break out]
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