She only replied with a laugh, and he evidently deemed futile the bid for sympathy on the score of religious or irreligious fellowship, for he recurred to it no more.
The theme of the prodigal son recurs later in the third act.
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Recur — Re*cur (r?*k?r ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recurred} ( k?rd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recurring}.] [L. recurrere; pref. re re + currere to run. See {Current}.] 1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind. [1913 Webster] When any… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
recur — I verb be persistent, come again, come back, continue, crop up again, happen again, haunt, intermit, keep on, occur again, persevere, persist, reappear, recrudesce, renew, reoccur, repeat, resume, return, revert II index occur (happen), repeat… … Law dictionary
recur — mid 15c., from L. recurrere to return, come back, from re back, again (see RE (Cf. re )) + currere to run (see CURRENT (Cf. current)). Originally of persons; application to thoughts, ideas, etc. is recorded from 1704 … Etymology dictionary
recur — *return, revert, recrudesce Analogous words: *repeat, iterate, reiterate … New Dictionary of Synonyms
recur — has inflected forms recurred, recurring … Modern English usage
recur — [v] happen again; repeat in one’s mind be remembered, be repeated, come again, come and go, come back, crop up again*, haunt thoughts*, iterate, persist, reappear, recrudesce, reiterate, repeat, return, return to mind, revert, run through one’s… … New thesaurus
recur — ► VERB (recurred, recurring) 1) occur again. 2) (of a thought, image, etc.) come back to one s mind. DERIVATIVES recurrence noun. ORIGIN Latin recurrere, from currere run … English terms dictionary
recur — [ri kʉr′] vi. recurred, recurring [L recurrere < re , back + currere, to run: see COURSE] 1. to have recourse (to) 2. to return, as in thought, talk, or memory [recurring to an earlier question] 3. to occur again, as in talk or memory; come up … English World dictionary
recur */ — UK [rɪˈkɜː(r)] / US [rɪˈkɜr] verb [intransitive] Word forms recur : present tense I/you/we/they recur he/she/it recurs present participle recurring past tense recurred past participle recurred a) to happen again We must make sure that the problem … English dictionary
Recur — To occur again. To return. Any symptom (such as fatigue), any sign (such as a heart murmur), or any disease can recur. * * * recurrence, recurrent * * * re·cur ri kər vi, re·curred; re·cur·ring to occur again after an interval <a disease… … Medical dictionary
recur — verb ADVERB ▪ constantly, frequently, repeatedly ▪ This is a constantly recurring problem which we must deal with. VERB + RECUR ▪ be likely to ▪ … Collocations dictionary
