v.
Pronunciation: ri- ' k ə r
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form: re · curred ; re · cur · ring
Etymology: Middle English recurren to return, from Latin recurrere, literally, to run back, from re- + currere to run ― more at CAR
Date: 1529
1 : to have recourse : RESORT
2 : to go back in thought or discourse <on recurring to my letters of that date ― Thomas Jefferson>
3 a : to come up again for consideration b : to come again to mind
4 : to occur again after an interval : occur time after time <the cancer recurred >
– re · cur · rence \ - ' k ə r- ə n(t)s, - ' k ə -r ə n(t)s \ noun