recurrent

[ ri-kur-uhnt, -kuhr- ]

/ rɪˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr- /

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adjective

that recurs; occurring or appearing again, especially repeatedly or periodically.

Anatomy. turned back so as to run in a reverse direction, as a nerve, artery, branch, etc.

OTHER WORDS FOR recurrent

1 repeated; persistent, intermittent.

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Origin of recurrent

1590–1600; <Latin recurrent- (stem of recurrēns), present participle of recurrere to run back, equivalent to recurr(ere) (see recur) + -ent--ent

OTHER WORDS FROM recurrent

re·cur·rent·ly, adverbun·re·cur·rent, adjectiveun·re·cur·rent·ly, adverb

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How to use recurrent in a sentence

But neither can its path be paved by the kind of historical distortions that Mahmoud Abbas recently—and recurrently—has pedaled.
Abbas Alleges Link Between Zionists And Nazis|David N. Myers|January 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the case of beautiful women, judging by history, it has shown a tendency to be recurrently sporadic in any case.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady|Lucas Malet
A second kick stopped my false merriment; and thus recurrently assisted by my captors, I succeeded at length in rising to my feet.
Lilith|George MacDonald
False skylines recurrently deceived Bob into a belief that the buckboard was about to surmount the top.
The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White

Even they seem to have been beyond his strength, for he became ill in January 1766, and suffered recurrently the rest of the year.
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia|C. Malcolm Watkins
He closed his eyes again while the burning waves of invisible fire shot through him recurrently from head to foot.
The Red Hell of Jupiter|Paul Ernst

British Dictionary definitions for recurrent

recurrent

/ (rɪˈkʌrənt) /

adjective

happening or tending to happen again or repeatedly

anatomy (of certain nerves, branches of vessels, etc) turning back, so as to run in the opposite direction

Derived forms of recurrent

recurrently, adverbrecurrence, noun

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