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Webster 1913 Edition

Recrudescent

Reˊcru-des′cent

(-sent)

,

Adj.

[L.

recrudescens

,

-entis

, p. pr. of

recrudescere

to become raw again; pref.

re-

re- +

crudescere

to become hard or raw: cf. F.

recrudescent

.]

1.

Growing raw, sore, or painful again.

2.

Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression;

as, a

recrudescent

epidemic

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Recrudescent

RECRUDES'CENT

,

Adj.

Growing raw, sore or painful again.