Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 6
Obversant (a.) Conversant; familiar. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Obverse (a.) Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.
Obverse (a.) The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.
Obverse (a.) Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things.
The fact that it [a belief] invariably exists being the obverse of the fact that there is no alternative belief. -- H. Spencer.
Obverse (n.) The more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides; "the obverse of this issue".
Obverse (n.) The side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design [ant: reverse, verso].
Obversely (adv.) In an obverse manner.
Obversion (n.) The act of turning toward or downward.
Obversion (n.) (Logic) The act of immediate inference, by which we deny the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all men are mortal; then, by obversion, no men are immortal. This is also described as "immediate inference by privative conception." -- Bain.
Obverted (imp. & p. p.) of Obvert
Obverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obvert
Obvert (v. t.) To turn toward.
If its base be obverted towards us. -- I. Watts.
Obviated (imp. & p. p.) of Obviate
Obviating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obviate
Obviate (v. t.) To meet in the way. [Obs.]
Not to stir a step to obviate any of a different religion. -- Fuller.
Obviate (v. t.) To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going.
To lay down everything in its full light, so as to obviate all exceptions. -- Woodward.
Obviate (v.) Do away with [syn: obviate, rid of, eliminate] [ant: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take].
Obviate (v.) Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off].
Obviation (n.) The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.
Obviation (n.) The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively [syn: obviation, forestalling, preclusion].
Obvious (a.) Opposing; fronting. [Obs.]
To the evil turn My obvious breast. -- Milton.
Obvious (a.) Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] "Obvious to dispute." -- Milton.
Obvious (a.) Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.
Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. -- Pope.
Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. -- Pope.
Syn: Plain; clear; evident. See Manifest. -- Ob"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob"vi*ous-ness, n. Obvolute
Obvious (a.) Easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "obvious errors" [ant: unobvious].
Obviously (adv.) (B1) 清楚地；明白地；顯而易見地 In a way that is easy to understand or see.
// He was in tears and obviously very upset.
// Obviously the school cannot function without teachers.
Obvolute (a.) Alt. of Obvoluted
Obvoluted (a.) Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.
Oby (n.) See Obi.
Oca (n.) (Bot.) A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.
Oca (n.) South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers [syn: oca, oka, Oxalis tuberosa, Oxalis crenata].
Occamy (n.) An alloy imitating gold or silver. [Written also ochimy, ochymy, etc.].
Occasion (n.) A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident; event.
The unlooked-for incidents of family history, and its hidden excitements, and its arduous occasions. -- I. Taylor.
Occasion (n.) A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.
Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me. -- Rom. vii. 11.
I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring Him to his death. -- Waller.
Occasion (n.) An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with it some unlooked-for event; that which incidentally brings to pass an event, without being its efficient cause or sufficient reason; accidental or incidental cause.
Her beauty was the occasion of the war. -- Dryden.
Occasion (n.) Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms.
After we
have served ourselves and our own occasions. -- Jer. Taylor.
When my occasions took me into France. -- Burke.
Occasion (n.) A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
Whose manner was, all passengers to stay, And entertain with her occasions sly. -- Spenser.
On occasion, () In case of need; in necessity; as convenience Requires. "That we might have intelligence from him on occasion," -- De Foe.
On occasion, () Occasionally; from time to time; now and then.
Syn: Need; incident; use. See Opportunity.
Occasion (n.) An event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions" [syn: juncture, occasion].
Occasion (n.) A vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions" [syn: affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function].
Occasion (n.) Reason; "there was no occasion for complaint".
Occasion (n.) The time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday".
Occasion (n.) An opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill".
Occasion (v.) Give occasion to.
Occasioned (imp. & p. p.) of Occasion.
Occasioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Occasion.
Occasion (v. t.) To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety. -- South.
If we inquire what it is that occasions men to make several combinations of simple ideas into distinct modes. -- Locke.
Occasionable (a.) Capable of being occasioned or caused. -- Barrow.
Occasional (a.) Occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or efforts.
The . . . occasional writing of the present times. -- Bagehot.
Occasional (a.) Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a thing. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Occasional (a.) Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; intended for a specific occasion; for use only when needed, and not regularly.
Occasional cause (Metaph.), Some circumstance preceding an effect which, without being the real cause, becomes the occasion of the action of the efficient cause; thus, the act of touching gunpowder with fire is the occasional, but not the efficient, cause of an explosion.
Occasional (a.) Occurring from time to time; "took an occasional glass of wine".
Occasional (a.) Occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals; "episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches" [syn: episodic, occasional].
Occasional (a.) Occurring from time to time; "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker" [syn: casual, occasional].
Occasional (a.) Recurring or reappearing from time to time; "periodic feelings of anxiety" [syn: periodic, occasional].
Occasional (a.) Afflicting us with greater or less frequency. That, however, is not the sense in which the word is used in the phrase "occasional verses," which are verses written for an "occasion," such as an anniversary, a celebration or other event. True, they afflict us a little worse than other sorts of verse, but their name has no reference to irregular recurrence.
Occasionalism (n.) (Metaph.) The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body.
Occasionality (n.) Quality or state of being occasional; occasional occurrence. [R.]
Occasionally (adv.) In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly. -- Stewart.
The one, Wolsey, directly his subject by birth; the other, his subject occasionally by his preferment. -- Fuller.
Occasionally (adv.) Now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention" [syn: occasionally, on occasion, once in a while, now and then, now and again, at times, from time to time].
Occasionate (v. t.) To occasion. [Obs.]
The lowest may occasionate much ill. -- Dr. H. More.
Occasioner (n.) One who, or that which, occasions, causes, or produces. -- Bp. Sanderson.
Occasive (a.) Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.
Occecation (n.) The act of making blind, or the state of being blind. [R.]
"This inward occecation." -- Bp. Hall.
Occident (n.) （O-）西方；西洋；歐美；【詩】西；西部 The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere. -- Chaucer.
I may wander from east to occident. -- Shak.
Occident (n.) The countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America [syn: {West}, {Occident}].
Occident (n.) The hemisphere that includes North America and South America [syn: {western hemisphere}, {occident}, {New World}].
Occident (n.) The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call "war" and "commerce." These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.
Occidental (a.) Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.
Occidental (a.) Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior.
Occidental (a.) Denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere; "occidental civilization"; "Hesperian culture" [syn: occidental, Hesperian].
Occidental (n.) A native inhabitant of the Occident.
Occidental (n.) An artificial language.
Occidental, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 1272
Housing Units (2000): 632
Land area (2000): 4.983947 sq. miles (12.908364 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.983947 sq. miles (12.908364 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53266
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 38.421121 N, 122.954660 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 95465
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Occidental, CA
Occidental
Occidentals (n. pl.) (Eccl.) Western Christians of the Latin rite. See Orientals. -- Shipley.
Occiduous (a.) Western; occidental. [R.] -- Blount.
Occipital (a.) Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone.
Occipital bone (Anat.), The bone which forms the posterior segment of the skull and surrounds the great foramen by which the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the higher vertebrates it is usually composed of four bones, which become consolidated in the adult.
Occipital point. () (Anat.) The point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.
Occipital (n.) (Anat.) The occipital bone.
Occipital (a.) Of or relating to the occiput; "occipital bone".
Occipito- () A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near, the occiput; as, occipito-axial; occipito-mastoid.
Occipitoaxial (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis.
Occipita (n. pl. ) of Occiput.
Occiputs (n. pl. ) of Occiput.
Occiput (n.) (Anat.) The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone.
Occiput (n.) (Zool.) A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.
Occiput (n.) Back part of the head or skull.
Occision (n.) A killing; the act of killing. [Obs.] -- Sir M. Hale.
Occlude (v. t.) To shut up; to close. -- Sir T. Browne.
Occlude (v. t.) (Chem.) To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; as iron, platinum, and palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen.
Occlude (v.) Block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up] [ant: disengage, free].
Occlude, () (Or "shadow") To make a variable inaccessible by declaring another with the same name within the scope of the first. (1995-12-14)
Occludent (a.) Serving to close; shutting up.
Occludent (n.) That which closes or shuts up. -- Sterne.
Occluse (a.) Shut; closed. [Obs.] -- Holder.
Occlusion (n.) 閉塞；吸收；嚙合 The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.
Constriction and occlusion of the orifice. -- Howell.
Occlusion (n.) (Med.) The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation. -- Dunglison.
{Occlusion of gases} (Chem. & Physics), The phenomenon of absorbing gases, as exhibited by platinum, palladium, iron, or charcoal; thus, palladium absorbs, or occludes, nearly a thousand times its own volume of hydrogen, and in this case a chemical compound seems to be formed.
Occlusion (n.) Closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel).
Occlusion (n.) (Meteorology) A composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft [syn: {occluded front}, {occlusion}].
Occlusion (n.) (Dentistry) The normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed.
Occlusion (n.) An obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn: {blockage}, {block}, {closure}, {occlusion}, {stop}, {stoppage}].
Occlusion (n.) The act of blocking [syn: {blockage}, {closure}, {occlusion}].
Occrustate (v. t.) To incrust; to harden. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More.
Occult (a.) Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.
It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation. -- I. Taylor.
Occult line (Geom.), A line drawn as a part of the construction of a figure or problem, but not to appear in the finished plan.
Occult qualities, Those qualities whose effects only were observed, but the nature and relations of whose productive agencies were undetermined; -- so called by the schoolmen.
Occult sciences, Those sciences of the Middle Ages which related to the supposed action or influence of occult qualities, or supernatural powers, as alchemy, magic, necromancy, and astrology.
Occult (v. t.) To eclipse; to hide from sight.
Occult (a.) Hidden and difficult to see; "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool".
Occult (a.) Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients" [syn: mysterious,
mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic].
Occult (n.) Supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural" [syn: supernatural, occult].
Occult (n.) Supernatural practices and techniques; "he is a student of the occult" [syn: occult, occult arts].
Occult (v.) Cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; "The Sun eclipses the moon today"; "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies" [syn: eclipse, occult].
Occult (v.) Become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; "The beam of light occults every so often".
Occult (v.) Hide from view; "The lids were occulting her eyes".
Occultation (n.) (Astron.) The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries.
Occultation (n.) Fig.: The state of being occult.
The reappearance of such an author after those long periods of occultation. -- Jeffrey.
Circle of perpetual occultation. See under Circle.
Eclipse (n.) (Astron.) An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.
Note: In ancient times, eclipses were, and among unenlightened people they still are, superstitiously regarded as forerunners of evil fortune, a sentiment of which occasional use is made in literature.
That fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark. -- Milton.
Eclipse (n.) The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.
All the posterity of our fist parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
As in the soft and sweet eclipse, When soul meets soul on lovers' lips. -- Shelley.
Annular eclipse. (Astron.) See under Annular.
Cycle of eclipses. See under Cycle.
Occultation (n.) One celestial body obscures another [syn: eclipse, occultation].
Occulted (a.) Hidden; secret. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Occulted (a.) (Astron.) Concealed by the intervention of some other heavenly body, as a star by the moon.
Occulting (n.) Same as Occultation.
Occultism (n.) A certain Oriental system of theosophy. -- A. P. Sinnett.
Occultism (n.) Belief in occult powers or in supernatural forces other than the God of traditional religions, such as in magic, necromancy, alchemy, and astrology.
Occultism (n.) The study and alleged use of supernatural agencies as in magic, astrology, witchcraft, alchemy, necromancy, spiritualism (communication with the dead), and fortune-telling.
Occultism (n.) The study of the supernatural.
Occultism (n.) A belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of. bringing them under human control.
Occultist (n.) An adherent of occultism.
Occultist (n.) A believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts.
Occultly (adv.) In an occult manner.
Occultness (n.) State or quality of being occult.
Occupancy (n.) 佔有，居住，占領 The act of taking or holding possession; possession; occupation.
Occupancy (n.) The state or condition of being occupied; as, occupancy by more than 250 people is dangerous and unlawful.
Occupancy (n.) The period of time during which one occupies a property.
Title by occupancy (Law), A right of property acquired by taking the first possession of a thing, or possession of a thing which belonged to nobody, and appropriating it. -- Blackstone. Kent.
Occupancy (n.) An act of being a tenant or occupant [syn: occupancy, tenancy].
Occupancy (n.) The act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal" [syn: occupation, occupancy, moving in].
Occupant (n.) 佔有者，居住者，占領者 One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing. as, the occupant of the apartment is not at home.
Note: This word, in law, sometimes signifies one who takes the first possession of a thing that has no owner.
Occupant (n.) A prostitute. [Obs.] -- Marston.
Occupant (n.) Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there [syn: resident, occupant, occupier] [ant: nonresident].
Occupate (v. t.) To occupy. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Occupation (n.) 工作，職業 [C]；消遣；日常事務 [C] [U]；佔領，佔據；佔領時期 [U]；佔用；居住；佔用（或居住）期 The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.
Occupation (n.) That which occupies or engages the time and attention.
Occupation (n.) Specfically: The principal business of one's life; the principal work by which one earns one's livelihood; vocation; employment; profession; calling; trade; avocation; as, these days many people continue to practice their occupation well into their seventies.
Absence of occupation is not rest. -- Cowper.
Occupation bridge (Engin.), A bridge connecting the parts of an estate separated by a railroad, a canal, or an ordinary road.
Syn: Occupancy; possession; tenure; use; employment; avocation; engagement; vocation; calling; office; trade; profession.
Occupation (n.) The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: occupation, business, job, line of work, line].
Occupation (n.) The control of a country by military forces of a foreign power [syn: occupation, military control].
Occupation (n.) Any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game".
Occupation (n.) The act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal" [syn: occupation, occupancy, moving in].
Occupation (n.) The period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; "during the German occupation of Paris".
Occupation. () Use or tenure; as, the house is in the occupation of A B. A trade, business or mystery; as the occupation of a printer. Occupancy. (q.v.).
Occupation. () In another sense occupation signifies a putting out of a man's freehold in time of war. Co. Litt. s. 412. See Dependency; Possession.
Occupier (n.) One who occupies, or has possession.
Occupier (n.) One who follows an employment; hence, a tradesman. [Obs.] "Merchants and occupiers." -- Holland.
The occupiers of thy merchandise. -- Ezek. xxvii. 27.
Occupier (n.) Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there [syn: resident, occupant, occupier] [ant: nonresident].
Occupier (n.) A member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country.
Occupier. () One who is in the enjoyment of a thing.
Occupier. () He may be the occupier by virtue of a lawful contract, either express or implied, or without any contract. The occupier is, in general, bound to make the necessary repairs to premises he occupies the cleansingand repairing of drains and sewers, therefore, is prima facie the duty of him who occupies the premises. 3 Q. B. R. 449; S. C. 43 Eng. C. L. R. 814.
Occupied (imp. & p. p.) of Occupy
Occupying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Occupy
Occupy (v. t.) 占，佔用；占領，占據；使忙碌，使從事 To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.
Woe occupieth the fine [end] of our gladness. -- Chaucer.
The better apartments were already occupied. -- W. Irving.
Occupy (v. t.) To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five acres of ground. -- Sir J. Herschel.
Occupy (v. t.) To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of; to employ; to busy.
An
archbishop may have cause to occupy more chaplains than six. -- Eng. Statute
(Hen. VIII. )
They occupied themselves about the Sabbath. -- 2 Macc. viii 27.
Occupy (v. t.) To do business in; to busy one's self with. [Obs.]
All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were in thee to occupy the merchandise. -- Ezek. xxvii.
Occupy (v.) Not able to occupy their old crafts. -- Robynson (More's Utopia).
Occupy (v. t.) To use; to expend; to make use of. [Obs.]
All the gold
that was occupied for the work. -- Ex. xxxviii. 24.
They occupy not money themselves. -- Robynson (More's Utopia).
Occupy (v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] -- Nares.
Occupy (v. i.) To hold possession; to be an occupant. "Occupy till I come." -- Luke xix. 13.
Occupy (v. i.) To follow business; to traffic.
Occupy (v.) Keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" [syn: busy, occupy].
Occupy (v.) Live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" [syn: occupy, reside, lodge in].
Occupy (v.) Occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container" [syn: occupy, fill].
Occupy (v.) Be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" [syn: concern, interest, occupy, worry].
Occupy (v.) March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" [syn: invade, occupy].
Occupy (v.) Require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" [syn: take, occupy, use up].
Occupy (v.) Consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely" [syn: absorb, engross, engage, occupy].
Occupy (v.) Assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne" [syn: fill, take, occupy].
Occurred (imp. & p. p.) of Occur
Occurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Occur
Occur (v. i.) To meet; to clash. [Obs.]
The resistance of the bodies they occur with. -- Bentley.
Occur
(v. i.)
To go in order to meet; to make reply. [Obs.]
I must occur to one specious objection. -- Bentley.
Occur (v. i.) To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to appear.
In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there is no such thing as "heir" in our author's sense. -- Locke.
Occur (v. i.) To happen; to take place; as, I will write if opportunity occurs.
Occur
(v. i.)
To come to the mind; to arise in the mind; to suggest
it elf; to be presented to the imagination or memory; -- of an idea or thought;
as, it never occurred to me to call John to ask.
There doth not occur to me any use of this experiment for profit. -- Bacon.
Occur (v.) Come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" [syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place].
Occur (v.) Come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" [syn: occur, come].
Occur (v.) To be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil".
Occurrence (n.) A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.
Voyages detain the mind by the perpetual occurrence and expectation of something new. -- I. Watts.
Occurrence (n.) Any incident or event; esp., one which happens without being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary occurrences of life.
All the occurrence of my fortune. -- Shak.
Syn: See Event.
Occurrence (n.) An event that happens [syn: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event].
Occurrence (n.) An instance of something occurring; "a disease of frequent occurrence"; "the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets".