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- 1 Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly. intransitive
"The theme of the prodigal son recurs later in the third act."
- 2 happen or occur again wordnet
- 3 Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.; Of a disease or symptom: to happen again, especially repeatedly or after a remission or an apparent recovery. intransitive
"The bullet had grazed the optic nerve. […] The oculist had warned him that the trouble might recur, that he ought to have remained under observation. Well, it had recurred about four months ago."
- 4 return in thought or speech to something wordnet
- 5 Of a memory, thought, etc.: to come to the mind again. intransitive
"The Saturday at night before he ſuffered, he dream'd his chaine vvas brought to the Counter gate, that the next day being Sunday, he ſhould be had to Nevvgate and burned at Smithfield the Munday enſuing, vvhich after many frightfull avvakings, ſtill recurring to his troubled fancy, he aroſe, and communicating vvhat he had dreamed to his Chamber-fellovv, fell to his old exerciſe of reading and praying."
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- 6 have recourse to wordnet
- 7 To speak, think, or write about something again; to go back or return to a memory, a subject, etc. dated, intransitive
"But firſt I ſhall recurre, and give a touch upon the nature of Gravity."
- 8 Followed by to, or (Scotland, obsolete) on or upon: to have recourse to someone or something for assistance, support, etc.; to appeal, to resort, to turn to. archaic, intransitive
"[I]f his Grace vvere minded, or vvould intend to do a thing inique or injuſt, there vvere no need to recurr unto the Pope's Holineſe for doing thereof."
- 9 Synonym of recurse (“to execute a procedure recursively”). intransitive
- 10 Often in the form recurring following a number: of a numeral or group of numerals in a decimal fraction: to repeat indefinitely. intransitive
"One-third can be written in decimal form as 0.3333 …, or point three-recurring."
- 11 Followed by into or to: to go to a place again; to return. intransitive, obsolete
"[H]er conſtancy beganne to ſtagger, and her honeſty had enough to doe, recurring to her eyes to containe them, leſt they ſhould giue any demonſtration of the amorous compaſsion vvhich Lotharios vvordes and teares had ſtirred in her breaſt."
- 12 Followed by into or to: To go back to doing an activity, or to using a thing; to return. intransitive, obsolete
"I contrived for ſome time to carry on ſomething like a converſation vvith this vvoman, but vvas ſoon glad to put an end to it by recurring to my bottle."
- 13 Followed by to: to go to a place; to resort. intransitive, obsolete, rare
"[T]he City grevv very populous, many recurring thither from all parts of Attica, for liberty and ſecurity, […]"
- 14 Followed by from: to move or run back from something; to recede, to withdraw. intransitive, obsolete, rare
"If half the latitude of the firſt vvave be an aliquant part of the ſtring, after the motion has been propagated to the fartheſt extremity, there vvill be a nevv ſeries of leſs vvaves, recurring in a contrary direction."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin recurrō (“to hurry or run back; to return, revert”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + currō (“to hasten, hurry; to move, travel; to run”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”)). cognates * Anglo-Norman recurre, recorre (“to have recourse to”) * Catalan recórrer * Italian ricorrer * Old French recourir (Middle French recourir; modern French recourir (“to have recourse to; to run again; to run back”)) * Old Occitan recorre * Portuguese recorrer * Spanish recorrer
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