Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Recur

Recur (r?*k?r") , intransitive verb

[Latin recurrere; pref. re- re- + currere to run. See Current.]

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
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
Collocations (2)
Recurring decimal (Mathematics) , a circulating decimal. See under Decimal.
Recurring series (Mathematics) , 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.