01 v. i. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.
imp. & p. p.
Recurred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Recurring
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1.
To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.“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.
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2.
To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.
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To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.“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.
Phrases & compounds
Recurring decimal —
a circulating decimal. See under Decimal.
Recurring series —
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.