Definition of occasion

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Occasion (n.) An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with it some unlooked-for event; that which incidentally brings to pass an event, without being its efficient cause or sufficient reason; accidental or incidental cause..

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Turn :: Turn (n.) Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time..
Hoofbound :: Hoofbound (a.) Having a dry and contracted hoof, which occasions pain and lameness..
Convenient :: Convenient (v. i.) Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season..
Collect :: Collect (v. t.) A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy..
Occasionable :: Occasionable (a.) Capable of being occasioned or caused.
Countertime :: Countertime (n.) The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse..
At :: At (prep.) The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything; at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require, receive, deserve, endure at your hands..
Emergency :: Emergency (n.) Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.
Strany :: Strangury (n.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it..
Hunger :: Hunger (n.) An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.
Promptitude :: Promptitude (a.) The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience..
Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
Deadly :: Deadly (adv.) In a manner to occasion death; mortally.
Origin :: Origin (n.) That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.
Offence :: Offence (n.) A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin.
Conviviality :: Conviviality (n.) The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.
Temporizer :: Temporizer (n.) One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer..
Opportunity :: Opportunity (n.) Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance.
Etiquette :: Etiquette (n.) The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society..
Odd :: Odd (superl.) Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles..
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