re·cru·desce (r  kr -d s )
intr.v. re·cru·desced, re·cru·desc·ing, re·cru·desc·es
To break out anew or come into renewed activity, as after a period of quiescence.
[Latin recr
 dscere, to grow raw again : re-, re- + crdscere, to get worse (from crdus, raw; see kreu - in Indo-European roots).]
re
cru·descence n.
re
cru·descent adj. |
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As history majors, Sister Jen and LIttle Brother Matt know about the recrudescence of laws restricting African-Americans' rights after Reconstruction.
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