recrudescent

[Lat, rec rudes cens, pr. par. of recrudesco=to become raw again: re-=back, again, and crudesco =to become raw; crud us =raw; Fr. recrudescent.] Growing or become raw, sore, or painful again, after a temporary remi ion. re-crûit', *re-crute, v . t . & i. [Fr. recruter=to levy troops, from recrute , a provincial form for recrue, fem. of recrû , pa. par. of recroitre =to grow again; re-again, and croître to increase, from Lat.cresco; Sp. reclutar; Port. recrutar, reclutar; Ital. reclutare.] A. Transitive : 1. To supply with new or additional men; to make up deficiencies in by enlistment; to enlist. 2. To repair by fresh supplies; to supply or remedy lack or deficiency in. "Yearly thy herds in vigor will impair; Recruit and mend them with thy yearly care." Dryden: Virgil; Georgic iii. 113. 3. To restore the wasted vigor of; to restore to health or strength; to renew the health, spirits, or strength of; to invigorate. "Then we think to refresh and recruit ourselves." Sharp: Sermons, vol. vi., ser. 15. B. Intransitive : 1. To gain or raise new supplies of men; spec if., to raise new or additional soldiers. 2. To gain new supplies of anything wasted or exhausted; to gain health, strength, spirits, .; to be re-invigorated. re-crûit, s. [Sp. recluta; Port. & Ital. recluta, recruta.] [RECRUIT, v.] 1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted. 2. A soldier newly enlisted to supply deficiencies in an army. "She would furnish his army with recruits." -Масaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xii. 3. One who has newly joined a society, sect, a ociation, . "The gap will be filled up by recruits from our schools of art." London Daily Telegraph. *4. A substitute for something wanted. ( Pope .) rě-crûit-er, s. [Eng. recruit, v.; -er.] One who recruits. "He [Prynne] was elected a recruiter for Newport, in Cornwall."-Wood: At hence Oxon., p. 437. -crûit-ing, pr . par . or a . [RECRUIT, ν.] recruiting-sergeant, s . Mil.: A sergeant deputed or authorized to enlist men for the army.