occursion

English

Etymology

From Latin occursio. See occur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈkɜː(ɹ)ʒən/

Noun

occursion (plural occursions)

1. (obsolete, literal or figurative) A meeting or striking together; a clash or collision.
   • 1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC:

     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

References

• “occursion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.