English

Noun

accidence ‎(plural accidences)

1. (grammar) The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.

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2. A book containing the first principles of grammar, and so of the rudiments of any subject or art.
3. The rudiments of any subject.
   • (Can we date this quote?), James Russell Lowell, (Please provide the title of the work):

     Our best schools send every year to college boys who know their accidence reasonably, and in some cases admirably well […]

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