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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.] [1913 Webster] The resistance of the bodies they occur with. --Bentley. [1913 Webster] 2. To go in order to meet; to make reply. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I must occur to one specious objection. --Bentley. [1913 Webster] 3. To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to appear. [1913 Webster] In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there is no such thing as "heir" in our author's sense. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 4. To happen; to take place; as, I will write if opportunity occurs. [1913 Webster] 5. 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. [1913 Webster +PJC] There doth not occur to me any use of this experiment for profit. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]