recidivate

English

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Medieval Latin recidīvātus +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix), past participle of recidīvō, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).^[1]^[2] Compare French récidiver. By surface analysis, recidive +‎ -ate

Verb

recidivate (third-person singular simple present recidivates, present participle recidivating, simple past and past participle recidivated)

(intransitive) To return to criminal behaviour; to relapse.

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d- (0 c, 33 e)

Translations

return to criminal behaviour

Catalan: reincidir (ca)
French: récidiver (fr)

References

^ “recidivate, v.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
^ “recidivate, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

recidivate

inflection of recidivare:
1. second-person plural present indicative
2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

recidivate f pl

feminine plural of recidivato

Anagrams

ridicevate

[1] “recidivate, v.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

[2] “recidivate, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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