occurrent

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occurrent - 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.
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  Occurrent \Oc*cur"rent\, n.
     1. One who meets; hence, an adversary. [Obs.] --Holland.
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     2. Anything that happens; an occurrence. [Obs.]
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              These we must meet with in obvious occurrents of the
              world.                                --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
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occurrent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  occurrent
      adj 1: presently occurring (either causally or incidentally);
             "technical terms are rarely occurrent in literature"
      n 1: an event that happens [syn: happening, occurrence,
           occurrent, natural event]