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re·cur

recur

pronunciation:
rih kuhr
part of speech: intransitive verb
inflections: recurred, recurring, recurs
definition 1: to occur another time or repeatedly.
definition 2: to come back to mind or attention.
definition 3: to appear again or repeatedly, as a word in a text, a habitual behavior, or the like.
similar words:
act up
derivation: recurringly (adv.)