recidivate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 10
Definition of recidivate
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (intransitive)To relapse into a previous pattern of behavior, especially to commit new offenses after having been punished or sanctioned for earlier ones.
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Etymology
Adapted borrowing of Medieval Latin recidīvātus + -ate (verb-forming suffix), past participle of recidīvō, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Compare French récidiver. By surface analysis, recidive + -ate
Words you can make from recidivate
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18 words6-letter words
55 words- ADVECT 12 pts
- ADVICE 12 pts
- CARVED 12 pts
- CERVID 12 pts
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- DEVICE 12 pts
- ACTIVE 11 pts
- VIATIC 11 pts
- VITRIC 11 pts
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- CREDIT 9 pts
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- DIRECT 9 pts
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- CERATE 8 pts
- CERITE 8 pts
- CREATE 8 pts
- ECARTE 8 pts
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- TEARED 7 pts
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100 words- CAVED 11 pts
- VICED 11 pts
- CARVE 10 pts
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- EVICT 10 pts
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- DAVIT 9 pts
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- TRACE 7 pts
- TRIAC 7 pts
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- AIDER 6 pts
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- EARED 6 pts
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- IRADE 6 pts
- RADII 6 pts
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- REDIA 6 pts
- TARED 6 pts
- TEIID 6 pts
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- TRADE 6 pts
- TREAD 6 pts
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- TRIAD 6 pts
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- AERIE 5 pts
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- EATER 5 pts
- IRATE 5 pts
- RETIA 5 pts
- RETIE 5 pts
- TERAI 5 pts
4-letter words
17 wordsHooks
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