recur-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: happen or occur again

Examples:
Her migraines recur every two or three days.
In a minority of people they recur in or near the scar of the previous treatment.
We should be familiar with those motives, because they recur throughout history.
'Pre-paids' are items which recur over time, such as property taxes.

Mappings:
VerbNet: occurrence-48.3.1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: recur.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: return to in thought or speech

Commentary:
NOTE: Compare carefully to Sense 1: Sense 2 can only be used in terms of cognition or speaking, not simply in terms of occurring again - in that case use Sense 1.

Examples:
He recurred once, just before lunch, to that night when we first met at his house.
She recurred to that vague ideal of duty which all virtuous Americans have.
As he walked on, his words recurred to him.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: have recourse to

Examples:
What are the preliminary findings from those countries that have most
recurred to active labour market measures?
Other people recurred to pragmatic arguments, but these clearly cannot
resolve all disagreements in a final way.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3