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verb (used without object)
1.
to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
2.
to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery.
noun
4.
an act or instance of relapsing.
5.
a return of a disease or illness after partial recovery from it.
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Relapsing
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Origin:
1400–50; (v.) late Middle English < Latin relāpsus, past participle of relābī to slide back, revert (re- re- + lāb- v. stem + -sus for -tus past participle suffix); (noun) late Middle English < Medieval Latin relāpsus, equivalent to Latin relāb(ī) + -sus for -tus suffix of v. action
1400–50; (v.) late Middle English < Latin relāpsus, past participle of relābī to slide back, revert (re- re- + lāb- v. stem + -sus for -tus past participle suffix); (noun) late Middle English < Medieval Latin relāpsus, equivalent to Latin relāb(ī) + -sus for -tus suffix of v. action
Related forms
re·laps·a·ble, adjective
re·laps·er, noun
un·re·laps·ing, adjective
Synonyms
3. regress, revert, lapse.
3. regress, revert, lapse.
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| relapsing | |
noun | |
| a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding] |
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