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English Dictionary: occasion by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
occasion
n
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): juncture, occasion
  2. 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"
    Synonym(s): affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function
  3. reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"
  4. the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
  5. an opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"
v
  1. give occasion to
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Occasion \Oc*ca"sion\ ([ocr]k*k[amac]"zh[ucr]n), n. [F.
      occasion, L. occasio, fr. occidere, occasum, to fall down; ob
      (see {Ob-}) + cadere to fall. See {Chance}, and cf.
      {Occident}.]
      1. A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that
            which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.
  
                     The unlooked-for incidents of family history, and
                     its hidden excitements, and its arduous occasions.
                                                                              --I. Taylor.
  
      2. 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.
  
      3. 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.
  
      4. 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.
  
      5. 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; occasionally. [bd]That we might have
            intelligence from him on occasion,[b8] --De Foe.
  
      Syn: Need; incident; use. See {Opportunity}.

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.
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