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)

  1. (intransitive) To return to criminal behaviour; to relapse.
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d- (0 c, 33 e)

Translations

References

  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.

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

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