Synonyms for recur
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ri-kur |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈkɜr |
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Définition of recur
Origin :- late 14c., "recover from illness or suffering;" mid-15c., "to return" (to a place), from Latin recurrere "to return, run back, hasten back," figuratively "revert, recur," from re- "back, again" (see re-) + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Originally of persons; application to thoughts, ideas, etc. is recorded from 1620s. Meaning "happen again" is from 1670s. Related: Recurred; recurring.
- verb happen again; repeat in one's mind
- I recur to it here as a plausible suggestion only, in connection with my theme.
- Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
- I trust that you will not be offended if I recur to the subject of the New House.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- Pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions may or rather must recur in successive lines.
- Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
- Mark my words, there will soon be a new phase or an old one will recur.
- Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
- It is most likely that the court will not recur to capital punishment again.
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- A reflection I had reason to recur to more than once in my after experience of Ireland.
- Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
- To solve these questions, we must recur to the Patria Potestas.
- Extract from : « Ancient Law » by Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
- There were two special points in this conversation which recur to my mind.
- Extract from : « 1914 » by John French, Viscount of Ypres
- The attacks are apt to recur at the same time of day as in the first attack.
- Extract from : « The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) » by Various
- But we shall have occasion to recur to this subject in later pages.
- Extract from : « History of Education » by Levi Seeley
Antonyms for recur
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