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. Edmund Gurney. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it [ land ] to chronic poverty and waste. Duke of Argyll. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. recrudescens, -entis, p. pr. of recrudescere to become raw again; pref. re- re- + crudescere to become hard or raw: cf. F. recrudescent. ]