Definition of accident

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Accident (n.) Unusual appearance or effect.

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Cyst :: Cyst (n.) A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ..
Casus :: Casus (n.) An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under Accident.
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..
Misadventure :: Misadventure (n.) Mischance; misfortune; ill lick; unlucky accident; ill adventure.
Nympholepsy :: Nympholepsy (n.) A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy.
By-stroke :: By-stroke (n.) An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
Lose :: Lose (v. t.) To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle..
Precaution :: Precaution (n.) A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act; as, to take precautions against accident..
Adventive :: Adventive (a.) Accidental.
Essence :: Essence (n.) The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts..
Voluntary :: Voluntary (v. t.) Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed; intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter..
Designedly :: Designedly (adv.) By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently..
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..
Adventitious :: Adventitious (a.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.
Aventure :: Aventure (n.) Accident; chance; adventure.
Contingently :: Contingently (adv.) In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.
Circumstantiate :: Circumstantiate (v. t.) To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.
Accident :: Accident (n.) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case..
Accidentalism :: Accidentalism (n.) Accidental character or effect.
Accident :: Accident (n.) Unusual appearance or effect.
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