(foll by to) to be realized or thought of (by); suggest itself (to)
usage It is usually regarded as incorrect to talk of pre-arranged events occurring or happening: the wedding took place (not occurred or happened) in the afternoon
1520s, "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 1620s. Related: Occurred.