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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recur \Re*cur"\ (r?*k?r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recurred}
(-k?rd"); p. pr & vb n. {Recurring}.] [L. recurrere pref.
re- re- + currere to run. See {Current}.]
1. To come back to return again or repeatedly; to come again
to mind.
When any word has been used to signify an idea, the
old idea will recur in the mind when the word is
heard. --I. Watts.
2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some
regular rule as the fever will recur to-night.
3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.
If to avoid succession in eternal existence, they
recur to the ``punctum stans'' of the schools, they
will thereby very little help us to a more positive
idea of infinite duration. --Locke.
{Recurring decimal} (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under
{Decimal}.
{Recurring series} (Math.), an algebraic series in which the
coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by
means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in
one uniform manner.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
recur
v 1: happen or occur again "This is a recurring story" [syn: {repeat}]
2: return in thought or speech to something [syn: {go back}]
3: have recourse to "The government resorted to rationing
meat" [syn: {fall back}, {resort}]
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