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Recur

Recur Meaning & Definition
Recur Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Recur?

[v] happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story"
[v] return in thought or speech to something
[v] have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Recur: fall back | go back | repeat | resort

Related Terms | Find terms related to Recur:

See Also | apply | come about | come back | cycle | employ | go on | hap | happen | hark back | occur | pass | pass off | recall | return | take place | use | utilise | utilize

Recur In Webster's Dictionary

\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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