Definition of incident

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Incident (a.) Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.

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Go :: Go (n.) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
Turn :: Turn (n.) Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn..
By :: By (a.) Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc..
Squint :: Squint (v. i.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed.
Intermention :: Intermention (v. t.) To mention among other things, or casually or incidentally..
Rich :: Rich (superl.) Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character..
Equator :: Equator (n.) The great circle of the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights are of equal length; hence called also the equinoctial, and on maps, globes, etc., the equinoctial line..
Story :: Story (n.) The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance..
Plot :: Plot (n.) In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means..
Circumstantial :: Circumstantial (n.) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion..
Detriment :: Detriment (n.) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.
Eccentric :: Eccentric (a.) Not coincident as to motive or end.
Canker :: Canker (n.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off..
Incident :: Incident (a.) Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
Eventful :: Eventful (a.) Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life..
Circumstantial :: Circumstantial (a.) Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents..
Occurrent :: Occurrent (a.) Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental..
Underaction :: Underaction (n.) Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.
Glancingly :: Glancingly (adv.) In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly.
Incident :: Incident (a.) Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining..
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