recur

One entry found for recur.

Main Entry: re·cur
Pronunciation: ri-'k&r
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): 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
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&r-&n(t)s, -'k&-r&n(t)s/ noun