relapse
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (“to slide back, fall back”), from re- (“back”) + labi (“to slip, slide, fall”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -æps
Verb [edit]
relapse (third-person singular simple present relapses, present participle relapsing, simple past and past participle relapsed)
- (intransitive) To fall back again.
- He has improved recently but keeps relapsing into states of utter confusion.
- (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated.
Translations [edit]
To fall back again
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(medicine) To recur; to worsen
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Noun [edit]
relapse (plural relapses)
- The act or situation of relapsing.
- Alas! from what high hope to what relapse / Unlooked for are we fallen! — Milton.
- (obsolete) One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.
Translations [edit]
the act or situation of relapsing
External links [edit]
- relapse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- relapse in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- relapse at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Participle [edit]
relāpse
- vocative masculine singular of relāpsus
