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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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