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recidivizing

recidivizing is the present participle and gerund of recidivize.

Meaning of recidivize

Verb

recidivize (third-person singular simple present recidivizes, present participle recidivizing, simple past and past participle recidivized)

  1. (intransitive) Synonym of recidivate
    • even when properly diagnosed, there is a general tendency to recidivize.2009, Dov M. Gabbay, John Woods, “Fallacies as Cognitive Virtues”, in Games: Unifying Logic, Language, and Philosophy, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 57–98
    Synonyms:
    recidivate

Questions about recidivizing

What is recidivizing the present participle and gerund of?
Recidivizing is the present participle and gerund of recidivize.

Words near recidivizing in the dictionary

  1. recidivistically
  2. recidivists
  3. recidivize
  4. recidivized
  5. recidivizes
  6. recidivizing
  7. recidivous
  8. recieve
  9. Recife
  10. reciliate
  11. reciliated

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