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relapse

/ɹɪˈlæps/ verbo C1

En español: reincidir, recaer, recidivar

  1. To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice. (intransitive) · He has improved recently but keeps relapsing into states of utter confusion.· to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism
  2. To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement). (intransitive)
  3. To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence. (informal, intransitive) · relapsed after 5 months of being clean
  4. To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.

He/she/it relapses · Pasado relapsed · Participio pasado relapsed · Forma en -ing relapsing

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De la biblioteca

With a sigh of rapture she relapsed into silence.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 29 · C1
Anne had relapsed into reverie, with her chin in her hands and her eyes on the sky, when Marilla returned from her cellar pilgrimage.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 45 · C1
“Perhaps,” said Holmes, thoughtfully, “perhaps.” He relapsed into a silent reverie, which lasted until the slow train drew up at last in Woolwich Station.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 16 · B2
“Try the settee,” said Holmes, relapsing into his armchair and putting his fingertips together, as was his custom when in judicial moods.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 1 · B2

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