recurse

📖 Definitions

verb tr., intr.

1. To describe, define, or perform something in terms of itself.

2. To perform an operation by repeated application of a technique,

such that the results of the first step are put through the

same technique again.

💬 Usage Examples

“But as I recursed through the doors time and time again, what was changing? Nothing seemed to change? I seemed to be caught in an endless loop that would eventually lead to madness.” Gil Waugh; Mind Surfing; iUniverse; 2008. “I will break society’s recursing corruption.
Civilization is reaching its base case.” Justin March; American Hex; BookRix; 2013.
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