Past tense of relapse

Forms of relapse

Relapsed in a sentence

• relapsed after 5 months of being clean
• With the dried egg withdrawn, the country relapsed into virtual egglessness.2004, Gina Mallet, Last chance to eat: the fate of taste in a fast food world. From the entry egglessness
• Won Chou merely relapsed into an attitude of studious melancholy, extremely trying to Mr.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry yellow man
• The interrupter bowed, smiled, stroked his beard, and relapsed into his chair.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry interrupter
• Bill had relapsed into a sort of waking dream.1921, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 19, in Indiscretions of Archie. From the entry lost to the world

Meaning of relapse

1. verb To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
2. verb To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
3. verb To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.

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Questions about the past tense of relapse

What is the past tense of relapse?

The past tense of relapse is relapsed.

What is the past participle of relapse?

The past participle of relapse is relapsed.

Is relapse a regular or irregular verb?

Relapse is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.