recrudesce

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: re=cru=desce

CIDE DICTIONARY

recrudesce, 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."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

recrudesce, v.intr. (of a disease or difficulty etc.) break out again, esp. after a dormant period.

Derivative

recrudescence n. recrudescent adj.

Etymology

back-form. f. recrudescent, -ence f. L recrudescere (as RE-, crudus raw)