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per accidens

per accidens adverb: by chance; by reason of an accidental, incidental or non-essential circumstance; contingently; indirectly.

Adverb

per accidens (not comparable)

  1. By chance; by reason of an accidental, incidental or non-essential circumstance; contingently; indirectly.

Antonyms of per accidens

Forms of per accidens

alternative formper accidence

Origin of per accidens

Borrowed from Late Latin conversio per accidens, English from 1425.

Questions about per accidens

What does per accidens mean?
Per accidens means by chance; by reason of an accidental, incidental or non-essential circumstance; contingently; indirectly.
What part of speech is per accidens?
Per accidens is an adverb.

Words near per accidens in the dictionary

  1. Pequod
  2. Pequods
  3. Pequot
  4. Pequots
  5. per
  6. per accidens
  7. per alia
  8. per annum
  9. per anum
  10. per bend
  11. per bend sinister

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