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recur |
2 definitions found 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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