Recur

v. i.	1.	To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind. [imp. & p. p. Recurred (-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recurring.] 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.
	2.	To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.
	3.	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. Recurring decimal (Math.) a circulating decimal. See under Decimal. Recurring series (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.

Verb	1.	recur - happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" Synonyms: repeat
	2.	recur - return in thought or speech to something Synonyms: go back
	3.	recur - have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat" Synonyms: resort, fall back

alternate, be here again, circle, come again, come and go, come around, come back, come round, come round again, come up again, continue, cycle, echo, go back, intermit, keep coming, occur often, oscillate, pulsate, pulse, react, reappear, reoccur, repeat, resound, resume, return, return to mind, reverberate, revert, revolve, roll around, rotate, turn, undulate, vibrate, wheel, wheel around

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