intransitive verb
re·cid·i·vat·ed, re·cid·i·vat·ing, re·cid·i·vatesTo return to a previous pattern of behavior, especially criminal conduct.
Origin of recidivate
recidiv(ism) -ate 1recidivate
re·cid·i·vateTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present recidivates, present participle recidivating, simple past and past participle recidivated)
Origin
From Latin recidÄ«vus (“returning, recurring") +"Ž -ate.
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