recur
[ri-kur]
- to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- to return to the mind: The idea kept recurring.
- to come up again for consideration, as a question.
- to have recourse.
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Origin of recur
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Contemporary Examples
Stephen Fry will recur as British Prime Minister Alastair Davies.
But he had undergone a major arm operation last season—the sort that, it is feared, could recur with overexertion.
“A psychotic episode could recur if he were released back into the community,” said the psychologist, Douglas Coggins.
Such situations will likely recur throughout much of the country in the general-election campaign.
Historical Examples
I recur to it here as a plausible suggestion only, in connection with my theme.
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
I trust that you will not be offended if I recur to the subject of the New House.
Vivian GreyEarl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
Pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions may or rather must recur in successive lines.
CratylusPlato
Mark my words, there will soon be a new phase or an old one will recur.
War Letters of a Public-School BoyPaul Jones.
It is most likely that the court will not recur to capital punishment again.
Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II)Charles James Lever
recur
- to happen again, esp at regular intervals
- (of a thought, idea, etc) to come back to the mind
- (of a problem, etc) to come up again
- maths (of a digit or group of digits) to be repeated an infinite number of times at the end of a decimal fraction
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Word Origin
C15: from Latin recurrere, from re- + currere to run
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Word Origin and History for recur
v.
late 14c., "recover from illness or suffering;" mid-15c., "to return" (to a place), from Latin recurrere "to return, run back, hasten back," figuratively "revert, recur," from re- "back, again" (see re-) + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Originally of persons; application to thoughts, ideas, etc. is recorded from 1620s. Meaning "happen again" is from 1670s. Related: Recurred; recurring.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
recur
(rĭ-kûr′)- To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly.
- To return to one's attention or memory.
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