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1. Happen or occur again
   "This is a recurring story";
   - repeat, reoccur
    
2. Return in thought or speech to something
   - go back
    
3. Have recourse to
   "The government recurred to rationing meat";
   - fall back, resort

Derived forms: recurring, recurs, recurred

Type of: apply, come about, come back, employ, fall out, go on, hap [archaic], happen, hark back, occur, pass, pass off, recall, return, take place, use, utilise [Brit], utilize

Encyclopedia: Recur