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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Disposable :: Disposable (a.) Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use.
Hydronephrosis :: Hydronephrosis (n.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages..
Instance :: Instance (n.) Occasion; order of occurrence.
Always :: Always (adv.) Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally..
Room :: Room (n.) Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope..
On :: On (prep.) At the time of, conveying some notion of cause or motive; as, on public occasions, the officers appear in full dress or uniform. Hence, in consequence of, or following; as, on the ratification of the treaty, the armies were disbanded..
Oration :: Oration (n.) An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill..
Hit :: Hit (v. t.) To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.
Offence :: Offence (n.) A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin.
Occasionable :: Occasionable (a.) Capable of being occasioned or caused.
Obvention :: Obvention (n.) The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering.
Deliriant :: Deliriant (n.) A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna)..
Hour :: Hour (n.) Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour..
Grimace :: Grimace (n.) A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face..
Xanthin :: Xanthin (n.) A crystalline nitrogenous body closely related to both uric acid and hypoxanthin, present in muscle tissue, and occasionally found in the urine and in some urinary calculi. It is also present in guano. So called from the yellow color of certain of its salts (nitrates)..
Spiration :: Spiranthy (n.) The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower.
Casual :: Casual (a.) Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses..
Reserve :: Reserve (n.) A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency..
Convenient :: Convenient (v. i.) Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season..
Sophora :: Sophora (n.) A tree (Sophora Japonica) of Eastern Asia, resembling the common locust; occasionally planted in the United States..
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