Definition of occasion

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

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Statedly :: Stated (a.) Recurring at regular time; not occasional; as, stated preaching; stated business hours..
Infer :: Infer (v. t.) To bring on; to induce; to occasion.
Turn :: Turn (n.) Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn..
Boast :: Boast (n.) The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation..
Incindental :: Incindental (a.) Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses..
Pick :: Pick (n.) A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet..
Well :: Well (v. t.) Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully; adequately; thoroughly..
Zymosimeter :: Zymosimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation..
Conge :: Conge (n.) The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy.
Felsite :: Felsite (n.) A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz..
Grievancer :: Grievancer (n.) One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground for complaint.
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..
Urgency :: Urgency (n.) The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion..
Ceremonial :: Ceremonial (n.) The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions..
Always :: Always (adv.) Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally..
Push :: Push (n.) An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action..
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
Want :: Want (v. t.) To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes..
Myeloplax :: Myeloplax (n.) One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow of bone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See Osteoclast.
Distress :: Distress (n.) That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
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