recurse

English

Etymology

Back-formation from recursion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

Verb

recurse (third-person singular simple present recurses, present participle recursing, simple past and past participle recursed)

1. (intransitive, computing) To execute a procedure recursively.

   The tree walker then recurses on the children of the current node.

Related terms

Anagrams

• rescuer
• securer