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   recur

   /rɪˈkəː/

   verb

   • 1. occur again periodically or repeatedly: "when the symptoms recurred, the doctor diagnosed something different"
   • ▪ (of a thought, image, or memory) come back to one's mind: "Oglethorpe's words kept recurring to him"
   • ▪ go back to (something) in thought or speech: "the book remained a favourite and she constantly recurred to it"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘return to’): from Latin recurrere, from re- ‘again, back’ + currere ‘run’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • C

     3

   • U

     1

   • R

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