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occurrent

adj
/əˈkʌɹənt/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French occurrent and its source, Latin occurrēns.

  1. borrowed from occurrēns
  2. borrowed from occurrent

Definitions

  1. Current, actual, occurring.

  2. Pertaining to occurrence

    Pertaining to occurrence; having to do with an occurrence.

    • I hold the occurrent belief that I'm writing this sentence
    • One could imagine, for example, that an occurrent belief (e.g. that I'm allergic to apples) would trigger a dispositional desire (not to get an allergic crisis).
    • In such a case, my belief that the person I will meet is named Robert Barchi is clearly occurrent.

  3. An event, something that occurs.

    • the only comfort (saith Jovius) he had to ease his melancholy thoughts, was to hear news, and to listen after those ordinary occurrents, which were brought him cum primis, by letters or otherwise, out of the remotest parts of Europe.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. One who comes to meet another.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for occurrent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA