- L. occurrereoccursum; obsee Ob-) + currere to run. See Course
- To meet; to clash.ObsThe resistance of the bodies they occur with.
- To go in order to meet; to make reply.ObsI must occur to one specious objection.
- To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to appear.In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there is no such thing as “heir” in our author's sense.
- To happen; to take place; as, I will write if opportunity occurs.
- To come to the mind; to arise in the mind; to suggest itself; to be presented to the imagination or memory; -- of an idea or thought; as, it never occurred to me to call John to ask.There doth not occur to me any use of this experiment for profit.
