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recurrency|rɪˈkʌrənsɪ| [f. as prec. + -ency.] 1. †a. (See quot.) Obs. rare—0. b. U.S. = recurrence 5. rare.
1611Florio, Recorrenza, a recurrency or running to and fro. 1858Maury Phys. Geog. Sea vii. §424 A recurrency in the deep water in the middle of the Gut that sets outward to the grand ocean. 2. = recurrence 1. Now rare.
a1661Fuller Worthies (1840) II. 553 The same is reported by Herodotus,..and may be an instance of the recurrency of remarkable accidents. 1749Hartley Observ. Man I. i. i. 73 This will be over-ruled by the Recurrency of the Associations. Ibid. II. ii. iii. 344 The frequent Recurrency of these Fears and Anxieties must embitter all guilty Pleasures. 1928H. Poutsma Gram. Late Mod. Eng. (ed. 2) I. i. i. 83 The principal verbs used to express recurrency, i.e. the iterative aspect of an action..are can, to use and will. |