1. cur'rent, a.: curr + ent = running: hence, (1) passing from person to person, as a "current report"; (2) now in progress, as the "current month."
2. cur'rency: curr + ency = the state of passing from person to person, as "the report obtained currency": hence circulation.
OBS.—As applied to money, it means that it is in circulation or passing from hand to hand, as a representative of value.
3. cur'sory: curs + ory = running or passing: hence, hasty.
4. excur'sion: ex + curs + ion = the act of running out: hence, an expedition or jaunt.
5. incur'sion: in + curs + ion = the act of running in: hence, an invasion.
6. precur'sor: pre + curs + or = one who runs before: hence a forerunner.
EXERCISE.
(1.) What other part of speech than an adjective is "current"?—What is now the current year?
(2.) Why are there two r's in "currency"? Ans. Because there are two in the root currere.—Give a synonym of this word in the sense of "money." Ans. The "circulating medium."—What was the "currency" of the Indians in early times?—Compose a sentence using this word.