Associations to the word «Recur»

Wiktionary

RECUR, verb. (now rare) To have recourse (to) someone or something for assistance, support etc.
RECUR, verb. (intransitive) To happen again.
RECUR, verb. (intransitive) (computing) To recurse.

Dictionary definition

RECUR, verb. Happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story".
RECUR, verb. Return in thought or speech to something.
RECUR, verb. Have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats