Definition of accident

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Accident (n.) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.

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Circumstantiate :: Circumstantiate (v. t.) To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.
Accidentalism :: Accidentalism (n.) Accidental character or effect.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control..
Intrinsic :: Intrinsic (a.) Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person..
Circumstantially :: Circumstantially (adv.) In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.
Haphazard :: Haphazard (n.) Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.
Aureole :: Aureole (n.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil..
Fortuity :: Fortuity (n.) Accident; chance; casualty.
Aggravation :: Aggravation (n.) An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Adventitious :: Adventitious (a.) Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.
Breakage :: Breakage (n.) An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use..
Sorrowful :: Sorrowful (a.) Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident..
Accidentalness :: Accidentalness (n.) The quality of being accidental; casualness.
Indicatrix :: Indicatrix (n.) A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is anticlastic..
Contretemps :: Contretemps (n.) An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch.
Casually :: Casually (adv.) Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.
Occasion :: 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..
Haply :: Haply (adv.) By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be..
Accident :: Accident (n.) Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident..
By-stroke :: By-stroke (n.) An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
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