occursion

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/əˈkɜː(ɹ)ʒən/

noun

A meeting or striking together; a clash or collision.

OriginLatin occursio →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounoccursion (plural occursions)

plural occursions

  1. obsoleteliteral or figurativeA 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 closely

    1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
occurse

Origin

  1. Latinoccursio
  2. Englishoccursion

From Latin occursio. See occur.

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APA

occursion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occursion

MLA

“occursion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occursion. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “occursion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occursion.

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