Definition of occasion

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Occasion (n.) A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.

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Dimity :: Dimity (n.) A cotton fabric employed for hangings and furniture coverings, and formerly used for women's under-garments. It is of many patterns, both plain and twilled, and occasionally is printed in colors..
Casually :: Casually (adv.) Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.
Eventration :: Eventration (n.) A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen..
Hour :: Hour (n.) Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour..
Hunger :: Hunger (n.) An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.
Decorum :: Decorum (n.) Propriety of manner or conduct; grace arising from suitableness of speech and behavior to one's own character, or to the place and occasion; decency of conduct; seemliness; that which is seemly or suitable..
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
Disposable :: Disposable (a.) Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use.
Need :: Need (n.) To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief..
Offence :: Offence (n.) A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin.
Dolorous :: Dolorous (a.) Occasioning pain or grief; painful.
Frost :: Frost (v. i.) The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather..
Address :: Address (v. t.) A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters..
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..
Hunger :: Hunger (n.) To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
Sound :: Sound (n.) The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound..
Seemly :: Seemly (v. i.) Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous..
Discomfortable :: Discomfortable (a.) Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad.
Scurvy :: Scurvy (n.) A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It
Rockaway :: Rockaway () Formerly, a light, low, four-wheeled carriage, with standing top, open at the sides, but having waterproof curtains which could be let down when occasion required; now, a somewhat similar, but heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door at each side..
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