'Recur' definitions:

Definition of 'recur'

From: WordNet
verb
Happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" [syn: recur, repeat]
verb
Return in thought or speech to something [syn: recur, go back]
verb
Have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat" [syn: fall back, resort, recur]

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