Index of English words, starting with "oc"

(1) - Occasion (v. t.) To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.
(2) - Occasion (n.) A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
(3) - Occasion (n.) Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms.
(4) - Occasion (n.) 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.
(5) - Occasion (n.) A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.
(6) - Occasion (n.) A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.

(1) - Occasional (a.) Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a thing.
(2) - Occasional (a.) Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or efforts.

(1) - Occasionalism (n.) The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body.