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occursion

/əˈkɜː(ɹ)ʒən/

occursion noun: a meeting or striking together; a clash or collision.

Noun

occursion (plural occursions)

  1. (obsolete, literal or figurative) A meeting or striking together; a clash or collision.
    • in the Resolution of Bodies by the Fire some of the dissipated Parts may, by their various occursion occasion'd by the heat, be brought to stick together so closely1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC

Forms of occursion

pluraloccursions

Origin of occursion

From Latin occursio. See occur.

Questions about occursion

What does occursion mean?
Occursion means a meeting or striking together; a clash or collision.
What part of speech is occursion?
Occursion is a noun.
How do you pronounce occursion?
Occursion is pronounced /əˈkɜː(ɹ)ʒən/.
What is the plural of occursion?
The plural of occursion is occursions.

Words near occursion in the dictionary

  1. occurring
  2. occurrings
  3. occurs
  4. occurse
  5. occurses
  6. occursion
  7. occursions
  8. occutard
  9. occutards
  10. occy
  11. occy health

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