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percurrent, a. rare.|pəˈkʌrənt| [ad. L. percurrent-em, pr. pple. of percurr-ĕre: see percur.] Running through; continuing or extending throughout, or from one end to the other; spec. in Bot. said of a midrib or other nerve extending from the base to the apex of a leaf.
1578Banister Hist. Man i. 32 All the motions..excellently percurrent, and yet at length to cease, or end at these bones. 1882Ogilvie (Annandale), Percurrent, running through from top to bottom. 1886Cassell's Encycl. Dict., Percurrent, running through. Obsolete, except in botany. |