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Webster 1913 Edition
Casual
Cas′u-al
,Adj.
1.
Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.
Casual
breaks, in the general system. W. Irving.
2.
Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental;
as,
. casual
expenses
Syn. – Accidental; fortutious; incidental; occasional; contingent; unforeseen. See
Accidental
. Cas′u-al
,Noun.
One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
Webster 1828 Edition
Casual
CASUAL
, a.1.
Falling; happening or coming to pass without design in the person or persons affected, and without being foreseen, or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance; as, the parties had a casual rencounter.2.
Occasional; coming at certain times, without regularity, in distinction from stated, or regular; as casual expenses.3.
Taking place, or beginning to exist without an efficient intelligent cause, and without design.Atheists assert that the existence of things is casual.