recidivate

English

Etymology

From Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”) +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French récidiver.

Verb

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

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

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d- (0 c, 32 e)

Translations

return to criminal behaviour

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

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

recidivate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

recidivate f pl

1. feminine plural of recidivato

Anagrams

• ridicevate