adj.
Pronunciation: - ' k ə r- ə nt, - ' k ə -r ə nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin recurrent-, recurrens, present participle of recurrere
Date: 1611
1 : running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course ― used of various nerves and branches of vessels in the arms and legs
2 : returning or happening time after time < recurrent complaints>
– re · cur · rent · ly adverb