Definition of occasion

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Occasion (n.) Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms..

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Emergency :: Emergency (n.) Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.
Boast :: Boast (n.) The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation..
Incur :: Incur (v. t.) To render liable or subject to; to occasion.
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery..
Urgency :: Urgency (n.) The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion..
Occasionable :: Occasionable (a.) Capable of being occasioned or caused.
Turn :: Turn (n.) Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn..
Syncretistic :: Syncretist (n.) an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church..
Last :: Last (a.) At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; as, I saw him last in New York..
Hydronephrosis :: Hydronephrosis (n.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages..
Casually :: Casually (adv.) Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.
Displeasure :: Displeasure (n.) The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation..
Tellurium :: Tellurium (n.) A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2..
Spiration :: Spiranthy (n.) The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower.
Rejoicing :: Rejoicing (n.) That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy.
Job :: "Job (n.) A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars..
Hemorrhoids :: Hemorrhoids (n. pl.) Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods..
Watchword :: Watchword (n.) A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password..
Signal :: Signal (n.) A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action..
Bole :: Bole (n.) An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet..
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