recur

[ri-kur]

verb (used without object), re·curred, re·cur·ring.

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.

Origin of recur

1610–20; earlier: to recede < Latin recurrere to run back, equivalent to re- re- + currere to run

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Related Words for recurred

reappear, persist, reiterate, repeat, return, revert, recrudesce, iterate

Examples from the Web for recurred

Contemporary Examples of recurred

The crab complaint," he writes, "has recurred more than a dozen times in newspapers around the country.
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It was then that she learned that the cancer had recurred in her bones.
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Historical Examples of recurred

Again he recurred to his early years, and talked fondly of his wife and children.
Philothea
Lydia Maria Child
Something that Uncle Jasper had said recurred to him, something about iron dust.
Way of the Lawless
Max Brand
These words gave me much food for thought, and recurred to me again and again.
Rico and Wiseli
Johanna Spyri
The thought of the letter which she had received during the day then recurred to him.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete
Emile Zola
A thought had crossed Ormond's mind which recurred at this instant.
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Maria Edgeworth

British Dictionary definitions for recurred

recur

verb -curs, -curring or -curred (intr)

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

Derived Formsrecurring, adjectiverecurringly, adverb

Word Origin for recur

C15: from Latin recurrere, from re- + currere to run

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Word Origin and History for recurred

recur

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.

recurred in Medicine

recur

[rĭ-kûr′]

v.

To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly.

To return to one's attention or memory.