RECRUDESCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does recrudesce mean?
• RECRUDESCE (verb)
The verb RECRUDESCE has 2 senses:
1. happen
2. become raw or open
Familiarity information: RECRUDESCE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RECRUDESCE (verb)
Meaning:
Happen
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
recrudesce; develop; break
Context examples:
Report the news as it develops / These political movements recrudesce from time to time
Hypernyms (to "recrudesce" is one way to...):
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Become raw or open
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
recrudesce; break out; erupt
Context examples:
He broke out in hives / My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries / Such boils tend to recrudesce
Hypernyms (to "recrudesce" is one way to...):
afflict; ail; pain; trouble (cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s