Hypertext Webster Gateway: "occur"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Occur \Oc*cur"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Occurred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Occurring}.] [L. occurrere, occursum; ob (see {Ob-}) +
currere to run. See {Course}.]
1. To meet; to clash. [Obs.]

The resistance of the bodies they occur with.
--Bentley.

2. To go in order to meet; to make reply. [Obs.]

I must occur to one specious objection. --Bentley.

3. To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present
itself; to offer; to appear; to happen; to take place; as,
I will write if opportunity occurs.

In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there
is no such thing as ``heir'' in our author's sense.
--Locke.

4. To meet or come to the mind; to suggest itself; to be
presented to the imagination or memory.

There doth not occur to me any use of this
experiment for profit. --Bacon.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

occur
v 1: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
important" [syn: {happen}, {hap}, {go on}, {pass off}, {pass},
{come about}, {take place}]
2: come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that
we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came
to her" [syn: {come}]
3: to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces";
"precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"

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