Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To happen or occur again or repeatedly.
- intransitive verb To return to one's attention or memory.
- intransitive verb To return in thought or discourse.
- intransitive verb Archaic To have recourse; resort.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To go or come back; return: literally or figuratively.
- To return in thought or recollection.
- To return to the thought or mind.
- To resort; have recourse; turn for aid.
- To occur again or be repeated at stated intervals, or according to some rule.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.
- intransitive verb To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule.
- intransitive verb To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.
- intransitive verb (Math.) a circulating decimal. See under
Decimal . - intransitive verb (Math.) 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To have
recourse (to) someone or something for assistance, support etc. - verb intransitive To happen again.
- verb intransitive, computing To
recurse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb have recourse to
- verb happen or occur again
- verb return in thought or speech to something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As I listened even longer to this tale of human woe, I heard the name recur with frightening frequency Africa, Africa, Africa!
Speech at the Opening Session of the 13th International Aids Conference 2000
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As I listened even longer to this tale of human woe, I heard the name recur with frightening frequency Africa, Africa, Africa!
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I again recur to the prominent subject of my letter, viz. that woman is denied the first privilege of nature, the power of SELF-DEFENCE.
Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination 1799
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I again recur to the prominent subject of my letter, viz. that woman is denied the first privilege of nature, the power of SELF-DEFENCE.
Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination 1799
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However, when the migraines fail to recur, that is when we may be in for trouble.
Larry Malerba, D.O. : What Is the 'Green' Medicine Revolution? (Part II) 2010
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Surgery can patch up tears, but they are liable to recur, which is why many doctors say they are desperate to find a better way to repair meniscus tissue.
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The idea that ideas and the odd word recur in political speeches is nothing new.
Archive 2007-09-23 2007
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The idea that ideas and the odd word recur in political speeches is nothing new.
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But for him as a student of life all motherhood must be guarded as such -- even if it be guarded in such a fashion that it can never recur, which is our duty to the feeble-minded mother.
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They make a weighty impression precisely because the same turns of expression recur so continually.
The Johannine Writings 1851-1935 1908
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