ACCIDENT
\ˈaksɪdənt], \ˈaksɪdənt], \ˈa_k_s_ɪ_d_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of ACCIDENT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident.
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A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.
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A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
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A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.
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A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
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Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.
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Unusual appearance or effect.
By Oddity Software
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Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident.
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A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.
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A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
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A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.
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A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
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Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.
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Unusual appearance or effect.
By Noah Webster.
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That which happens: an unforeseen or unexpected event: chance: an unessential quality or property.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A casualty; an unforeseen event. The French-like older English writers-use the term in nearly the same sense as symptom. It means also an unexpected symptom.
By Robley Dunglison
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
