'Recur' definitions:
Definition of 'recur'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Recur'
From: GCIDE
- Recur \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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'recur'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alternate,
- be here again,
- circle,
- come again,
- come and go,
- come around,
- come back,
- come round,
- come round again,
- come up again,
- continue,
- cycle,
- echo,
- go back,
- intermit,
- keep coming,
- occur often,
- oscillate,
- pulsate,
- pulse,
- react,
- reappear,
- reoccur,
- repeat,
- resound,
- resume,
- return,
- return to mind,
- reverberate,
- revert,
- revolve,
- roll around,
- rotate,
- turn,
- undulate,
- vibrate,
- wheel,
- wheel around