recidive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recidives
Etymology: From Middle French recidive (modern French récidive) or its etymon Latin recidīva, from the feminine of recidīvus.
Senses: examples: text: Take alwaies heede to the forces of the ſick, & beware of that which is cauſe of all dolors and recidiues: that is, the number of the frictions, by reaſon that ſome giue ouer-few, fearing theſe accidents, and to the contrary, ſome others that gyue ouer-many, in ſuch ſort that I haue heard men vaunt themſelues, to haue rubbed the poore Patient 37. times.
ref: 1596, “Of the forme of the Friction”, in Peter Lowe, compiler, An Easie, Certaine, and Perfect Method, to Cure and Preuent the Spanish Sicknes. […], London: […] Iames Roberts, →OCLC, signature D, recto:
text: But this was like the palliative cure of a ſore, & a lightning for the preſent of a ſick bodie: wherby it might ſoone after by relapſe fall backe, as it were, into a recidive, and a worſe diſeaſe and more daungerous than the other.
ref: 1600, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “[Book XXIIII]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 529:
text: The recidive is the greatest obstacle of this disease, because the yeast usually returns after the long treatment period.
ref: 2004 November 10, A. Bozzi, B. S. Reis, F. L. S. Prado, E. P. Pedroso, M. F. Leite, A. M. Goes, “Modulation of CD28 and CD86 Expression in Patients with Paracoccidioidomycosis in Different Periods of Treatment”, in Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, volume 60, number 5, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 500:
glosses: Synonym of recidivation (“relapse”).
synonyms: word: recidivation
extra: relapse
examples: text: The severity of Jansenism could hardly be a greater guarantee for repentance than the mild discipline of the Church, when it was compatible with the impenitence of [Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal] de Retz, and the feeble penance of such a recidive as Anne de Rohan.
ref: 1853, John Bernard Dalgairns [pseudonym; John Dobree Dalgairns], “Introduction. The Spirit of Jansenism.”, in The Devotion to the Heart of Jesus; with an Introduction on the History of Jansenism, London: Thomas Richardson and Son, […], →OCLC, page 32:
text: It is the great dominant question of the recidive, the habitual offender, the criminal class. In his lurid romance, “Les Misérables,” Victor Hugo has canonized the innocent recidive, Jean Valjean, who is not the enemy but the victim of law and order.
ref: 1897 August, William Barry, “The New Theory of Crime and Justice”, in American Ecclesiastical Review. A Monthly Publication for the Clergy., volume XVII (Old Series; volume VII, New Series), number 2, New York, N.Y.: American Ecclesiastical Review Co., →OCLC, part I (Crime as a Social Phenomenon), “The Habitual Offender” section, page 132:
text: The fixed punitive sentence should become a practice of the past. There should be substituted the indeterminate sentence with two types of institutions—one for the first offenders and one for the recidives.
ref: 1931 November 10, Louis Berman, quotee, “Survey Lays Crime to Gland Disorders: Dr. Berman Presents Evidence Obtained in 3-Year Study of Sing Sing Inmates. […]”, in The New York Times, volume LXXXI, number 26,953, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:
glosses: Synonym of recidivist (“one who falls back into prior habits”).
synonyms: word: recidivist
extra: one who falls back into prior habits