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re⋅cur

  [ri-kur]
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–verb (used without object), -curred, -cur⋅ring.
1. to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
2. to return to the mind: The idea kept recurring.
3. to come up again for consideration, as a question.
4. to have recourse.
Origin:
1610–20; earlier: to recede < L recurrere to run back, equiv. to re- re- + currere to run
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re·cur   (rĭ-kûr')   
intr.v.   re·curred, re·cur·ring, re·curs
  1. To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly.
  2. To return to one's attention or memory.
  3. To return in thought or discourse.
  4. To have recourse: recur to the use of force.

[Latin recurrere : re-, re- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]
re·cur'rence n.
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Recur

Re*cur"\ (r?*k?r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recurred (-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recurring.] [L. recurrere; pref. re- re- + currere to run. See Current.]

1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.

When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will recur in the mind when the word is heard. --I. Watts.

2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.

3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.

If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they recur to the "punctum stans" of the schools, they will thereby very little help us to a more positive idea of infinite duration. --Locke.

Recurring decimal (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under Decimal.

Recurring series (Math.), an algebraic series in which the coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in one uniform manner.
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Language Translation for : recur
Spanish: repetirse,
German: wiederkehren,
Japanese: くり返される
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recur 
1468, from L. recurrere "to return, come back," from re- "back, again" + currere "to run" (see current). Originally of persons; application to thoughts, ideas, etc. is recorded from 1704.
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Main Entry: re·cur
Pronunciation: ri-'k&r
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: re·curred; re·cur·ring
: to occur again after an interval recur>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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recur re·cur (rĭ-kûr')
v. re·curred, re·cur·ring, re·curs

  1. To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly.
  2. To return to one's attention or memory.

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