R rə̇ˈkər, rēˈ-, + V -kər.; - R -kə̄, + suffixal vowel -kər. also -kə̄r, + vowel in a word following without pause -kər. or -kə̄ also -kə̄r intransitive verb
( recurred ; recurred ; recurring ; recurs )
Etymology: Middle English recurren, from Latin recurrere to run back, return, from re- + currere to run — more at current
1. : to return to a place or status
may elect to recur to his nationality of parentage — W.E.Hall
2. : to have recourse : go for help : resort
the dire necessity of recurring to arms in the face of … stubborn and stupid refusal to govern otherwise — Salvador de Madariaga
3. : to go back in thought or discourse
in his conversations here he recurred to the plan he had outlined — C.G.Bowers
4. : to come up again for consideration : confront one again
a problem which has recurred to this day — G.G.Weigend
knew the difficulties would only recur
5. : to come again to mind : return vividly to the memory
he had forgotten it … but it recurred to him now — Archibald Marshall
6. : to happen, take place, or appear again : occur again usually after a stated interval or according to some regular rule
would the occasion ever recur — Van Wyck Brooks
by the light of each recurring full moon — G.W.Johnson
7. : to repeat itself usually indefinitely in fixed periods of figures (as of a decimal)