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Webster 1913 Edition

Occurrent

Oc-cur′rent

,
Adj.
[L.
occurrens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
occurrere
: cf. F.
occurrent
. See
Occur
.]
Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

Oc-cur′rent

,
Noun.
1.
One who meets; hence, an adversary.
[Obs.]
Holland.
2.
Anything that happens; an occurrence.
[Obs.]
These we must meet with in obvious
occurrents
of the world.
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Occurrent

OCCUR'RENT

,
Noun.
Incident; any thing that happens. Obs.

Definition 2024

occurrent

occurrent

English

Adjective

occurrent ‎(comparative more occurrent, superlative most occurrent)

  1. Current, actual, occurring.

Noun

occurrent ‎(plural occurrents)

  1. (now chiefly philosophy) An event, something that occurs.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.2.4:
      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.

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

occurrent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of occurrō

Etymology

From Middle French occurrent and its source, Latin occurrēns.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈkʌɹənt/

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