recur

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re⋅cur

[ri-kur]

–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

To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly.
To return to one's attention or memory.
To return in thought or discourse.
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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Word Origin & History

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.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

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>

Medical Dictionary

recur re·cur (rĭ-kûr')
v. re·curred, re·cur·ring, re·curs

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

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