intercur

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verb

To intervene; to come or occur in the meantime.

OriginLatin intercurrere →
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Meanings

verbintercur (third-person singular simple present intercurs, present participle intercurring, simple past and past participle intercurred)

present singular third person intercurs · participle present intercurring · participle past intercurred · past intercurred

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo intervene; to come or occur in the meantime.

    […]so that there intercur no sin in the acting[…]

    1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount and W. Barret, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinintercurrere
  2. Englishintercur

From Latin intercurrere. See intercourse.

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APA

intercur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercur

MLA

“intercur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercur. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intercur,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercur.

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