English Dictionary: occasioned | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Occasion \Oc*ca"sion\ ([ocr]k*k[amac]"zh[ucr]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Occasioned} (-zh[ucr]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Occasioning}.] [Cf.F. occasionner.] 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. |