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oc⋅cur

  [uh-kur]
Use occur in a Sentence
–verb (used without object), -curred, -cur⋅ring.
1. to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
2. to be met with or found; present itself; appear.
3. to suggest itself in thought; come to mind (usually fol. by to): An idea occurred to me.
Origin:
1520–30; < L occurrere to run to meet, arrive, meet, equiv. to oc- oc- + currere to run

Synonyms:
1. befall. See happen. 2. arise, offer.
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oc·cur   (ə-kûr')   
intr.v.   oc·curred, oc·cur·ring, oc·curs

  1. To take place; come about. See Synonyms at happen.

  2. To be found to exist or appear: Copper deposits occur in the region.

  3. To come to mind: The idea never occurred to me.


[Latin occurrere : ob-, toward; see ob- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

occur 
1527, "meet, meet in argument," from M.Fr. occurrer, from L. occurrere "run to meet, run against, befall, present itself," from ob "against, toward" + currere "to run" (see current). Sense development is from "meet" to "present itself" to "appear" to "happen" ("present itself in the course of events"). Meaning "to come into one's mind" is from 1626.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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