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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recur \Re*cur"\ (r?*k?r"), verb (used without an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
recurring
adjective: coming back; "a revenant ghost" [syn: {revenant}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
recur
verb
1: happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" [syn: {repeat}]
2: return in thought or speech to something [syn: {go back}]
3: have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat" [syn: {fall back}, {resort}] [also: {recurring}, {recurred}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
recurring See {recur}
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