Webster's Dictionary 1828

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OCCASIONER

OCCA'SIONER, noun s as z. One that causes or produces, either incidentally or otherwise.He was the occasioner of loss to his neighbor.

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OCCASIONING

OCCA'SIONING, participle present tense s as z. Causing incidentally or otherwise.

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OCCASIVE

OCCA'SIVE, adjective Falling; descending; western; pertaining to the setting sun.Amplitude is ortive or occasive

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OCCECATION

OCCECA'TION, noun [Latin occaecatio; ob and caeco, to blind.]The act of making blind. [Little used.]

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OCCIDENT

OC'CIDENT, noun [Latin occidens, occido, to fall; ob and cade.]The west; the western quarter of the hemisphere; so called from the decline or fall of the sun.

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OCCIDENTAL

OCCIDENT'AL, adjective [Latin occidentalis.] Western; opposed to oriental; pertaining to the western quarter of the hemisphere, or to some part of the earth westward of the spea...

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OCCIDUOUS

OCCID'UOUS, adjective [Latin occido, occiduus.] Western. [Little used.]

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OCCIPITAL

OCCIP'ITAL, adjective [from Latin occiput, the back part of the heat; ob and caput.]Pertaining to the back part of the head, or to the occiput.

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OCCIPUT

OC'CIPUT, noun [Latin ob and caput, head.] The hinder part of the head, or that part of the skull which forms the hind part of the head.

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OCCISION

OCCIS'ION, noun s as z. [Latin occisio, from occido, to kill; ob and caedo.]A killing; the act of killing. [Not used.]

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OCCLUDE

OCCLU'DE, verb transitive [Latin occludo; ob and cludo, claudo, to shut.]To shut up; to close. [Little used.]

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OCCLUSE

OCCLU'SE, adjective [Latin occlusus.] Shut; closed. [Little used.]

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OCCLUSION

OCCLU'SION, noun s as z. [Latin occlusio.] a shutting up; a closing.[This is an elegant word, though little used.]

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OCCULT

OCCULT', adjective [Latin occultus, occulo; ob and celo, to conceal.]Hidden from the eye or understanding; invisible; secret; unknown; undiscovered; undetected; as the occult qu...

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OCCULTATION

OCCULTA'TION, noun [Latin occultatio.]1. a hiding; also, the time a star or planet is hid from our sight, when eclipsed by the interposition of the body of a planet.2. In astron...

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OCCULTED

OCCULT'ED, adjective Hid; secret. [Not used.]

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OCCULTNESS

OCCULT'NESS, noun the state of being concealed from view; secretness.

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OCCUPANCY

OC'CUPANCY, noun [Latin occupo, to take or seize; ob and capio, to seize.]1. The act of taking possession.2. In law, the taking possession of a thing not belonging to any person...

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OCCUPANT

OC'CUPANT, noun1. He that occupies or takes possession; he that has possession.2. In law, one that first takes possession of that which has no legal owner. The right of property...

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OCCUPATE

OC'CUPATE, verb transitive [Latin occupo.] To hold; to possess; to take up. [Not used.]

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OCCUPATION

OCCUPA'TION, noun [Latin occupatio.]1. The act of taking possession.2. Possession; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as lands in the occupation of AB.3. That which engages the ...

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OCCUPIER

OC'CUPIER, noun1. One that occupies or takes possession.2. One who holds possession.3. One who follows an employment. Ezekiel 27:27.

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OCCUPY

OC'CUPY, verb transitive [Latin occupo; ob and capio, to seize or take.]1. To take possession. The person who first occupies land which has no owner, has the right of property.2...

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OCCUPYING

OC'CUPYING, participle present tense Taking or keeping possession; employing.

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OCCUR

OCCUR', verb intransitive [Latin occurro; ob and curro, to run.]1. Primarily, to meet; to strike against; to clash; and so used by Bentley, but this application is obsolete.2. T...

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OCCURRENCE

OCCUR'RENCE, noun1. Literally, a coming or happening; hence, any incident or accidental event; that which happens without being designed or expected; any single event. We speak ...

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OCCURRENT

OCCUR'RENT, noun Incident; any thing that happens. obsolete