3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Occur \Oc*cur"\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Occurred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Occurring}.] [L. occurrere, occursum; ob (see {Ob-}) + currere to run. See {Course}.] 1. To meet; to clash. [Obs.] The resistance of the bodies they occur with. --Bentley. 2. To go in order to meet; to make reply. [Obs.] I must occur to one specious objection. --Bentley. 3. To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to appear. In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there is no such thing as ''heir'' in our author's sense. --Locke. 4. To happen; to take place; as, I will write if opportunity occurs. 5. To come to the mind; to arise in the mind; to suggest itself; to be presented to the imagination or memory; -- of an idea or thought; as, it never occurred to me to call John to ask. [1913 Webster +PJC] There doth not occur to me any use of this experiment for profit. --Bacon. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: occur verb 1: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" [syn: {happen}, {hap}, {go on}, {pass off}, {pass}, {fall out}, {come about}, {take place}] 2: come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" [syn: {come}] 3: to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil" [also: {occurring}, {occurred}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 67 Moby Thesaurus words for "occur": appear, arise, be, be extant, be found, be in existence, be located, be met with, be present, be realized, be situated, be the case, be there, become manifest, befall, betide, breathe, chance, come, come about, come down, come off, come to, come to mind, come to pass, come true, crop up, dawn on, dawn upon one, develop, dwell in, eventuate, exist, fall, go off, grab one, hap, happen, happen to be, have being, have place, hit, hold, indwell, inhere, lie, live, manifest itself, materialize, obtain, occur to, offer itself, pass, pass off, present itself, prevail, remain, rise to mind, stand, strike, strike the mind, subsist, suggest itself, surface, take place, transpire, turn up

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