Occasion

n.	1.	A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident; event. 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 a - in case of need; in necessity; as convenience requires. b - occasionally; from time to time; now and then. - De Foe.
v. t.	1.	To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety. [imp. & p. p. Occasioned (ǒk*kā"zhŭnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Occasioning.] If we inquire what it is that occasions men to make several combinations of simple ideas into distinct modes. - Locke.

Noun	1.	occasion - 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" Synonyms: juncture
	2.	occasion - 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" Synonyms: social function, social occasion, affair, function
	3.	occasion - reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"
	4.	occasion - the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
	5.	occasion - an opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"
Verb	1.	occasion - give occasion to

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