Search Result for "occurrent":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. an event that happens;
[syn: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. presently occurring (either causally or incidentally);
- Example: "technical terms are rarely occurrent in literature"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Occurrent \Oc*cur"rent\, a. [L. occurrens, -entis, p. pr. of occurrere: cf. F. occurrent. See Occur.] Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Occurrent \Oc*cur"rent\, n. 1. One who meets; hence, an adversary. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything that happens; an occurrence. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] These we must meet with in obvious occurrents of the world. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
