Hypertext Webster Gateway: "recidivate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Recidivate \Re*cid"i*vate\, v. i. [LL. recidivare. See
{Recidivous}.]
To baskslide; to fall again. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
recidivate
v : go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often
minor criminals" [syn: {relapse}, {lapse}, {regress}, {retrogress},
{fall back}]
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