recur

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of an event, situation, etc.

   Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.

   • The theme of the prodigal son recurs later in the third act.
   • For it is manifeſt, that all the Arguments that are brought Chap. 2, Sect. 3. vvill recur vvith full force in this place.
   • But ſtill, the Queſtion recurs, vvhether Man be Free?
2. 2

   Of a memory, thought, etc.

   Of a memory, thought, etc.: to come to the mind again.

   • [T]he Idea I have once had vvill be unchangeably the ſame as long as it recurs the ſame in my Memory; but vvhen another different from that comes into my Mind, it vvill not be that.
3. 3

   To speak, think, or write about something again

   To speak, think, or write about something again; to go back or return to a memory, a subject, etc.

   • But firſt I ſhall recurre, and give a touch upon the nature of Gravity.
   • But before vve proceed to vvhat paſſed on his Arrival in the Kitchin, it vvill be neceſſary to recur to vvhat had there happened ſince Partridge had firſt left it on his Maſter's Summons.
   • Again am I recurring to a ſubject I vviſh to quit. But ſince I cannot, I vvill give my pen its courſe—Pen, take thy courſe.
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   1. 4

      Followed by to, or (Scotland, obsolete) on or upon

      Followed by to, or (Scotland, obsolete) on or upon: to have recourse to someone or something for assistance, support, etc.; to appeal, to resort, to turn to.

      • [I]f his Grace vvere minded, or vvould intend to do a thing inique or injuſt, there vvere no need to recurr unto the Pope's Holineſe for doing thereof.
   2. 5

      Synonym of recurse (“to execute a procedure recursively”).

   3. 6

      Often in the form recurring following a number

      Often in the form recurring following a number: of a numeral or group of numerals in a decimal fraction: to repeat indefinitely.

      • One-third can be written in decimal form as 0.3333 …, or point three-recurring.
   4. 7

      Followed by into or to

      Followed by into or to: to go to a place again; to return.

      • [H]er conſtancy beganne to ſtagger, and her honeſty had enough to doe, recurring to her eyes to containe them, leſt they ſhould giue any demonſtration of the amorous compaſsion vvhich Lotharios vvordes and teares had ſtirred in her breaſt.
      • Cycle of the Sun is the revolution of 28 years, Cycle of the Moon the revolution of 19 years, in which time both of their motions recur to the ſame point.
   5. 8

      Followed by to

      Followed by to: to go to a place; to resort.

      • [T]he City grevv very populous, many recurring thither from all parts of Attica, for liberty and ſecurity, […]
   6. 9

      Followed by from

      Followed by from: to move or run back from something; to recede, to withdraw.

      • If half the latitude of the firſt vvave be an aliquant part of the ſtring, after the motion has been propagated to the fartheſt extremity, there vvill be a nevv ſeries of leſs vvaves, recurring in a contrary direction.

The neighborhood

• antonymdigressreturn to the course of argument