English

Alternative forms

• per accidence

Adverb

per accidens ‎(not comparable)

1. By chance; by reason of an accidental, incidental or non-essential circumstance; contingently; indirectly.

Antonyms

• per se

References

• J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.