2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occur \Oc*cur"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Occurred}; p. pr & vb n.
{Occurring}.] [L. occurrere occursum ob (see {Ob-}) +
currere to run. See {Course}.]
1. To meet to clash. [Obs.]
The resistance of the bodies they occur with
--Bentley.
2. To go in order to meet to make reply. [Obs.]
I must occur to one specious objection. --Bentley.
3. To meet one's eye; to be found or met with to present
itself to offer; to appear; to happen; to take place as
I will write if opportunity occurs.
In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there
is no such thing as ``heir'' in our author's sense
--Locke.
4. To meet or come to the mind; to suggest itself to be
presented to the imagination or memory.
There doth not occur to me any use of this
experiment for profit. --Bacon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
occur
v 1: come to pass; occur: "What is happening?"; "The meeting took
place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that
seemed important" [syn: {happen}, {hap}, {go on}, {pass
off}, {pass}, {come about}, {take place}]
2: come to one's mind; suggest itself "It occurred to me that
we shold hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came
to her" [syn: {come}]
3: happen or come to pass; "I lost my wallet; this was during
the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred
people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the
kitchen" [syn: {be}]
4: be a forerunner of or occur earlier than as in: "This
composition anticipates Impressionism" [syn: {anticipate}]
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