recrudesce

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Let's hope that issue doesn't recrudesce; that's history.

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  1. intransitive verb To break out anew or come into renewed activity, as after a period of quiescence.

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  1. Latin recrūdēscere, to grow raw again : re-, re- + crūdēscere, to get worse (from crūdus, raw; see kreuə- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. =Portuguese recrudescer, from Latin recrudescere, become raw again, from re-, back, again, + crudescere, grow harsh, from crudus, raw: see crude.
 

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