That our Work, therefore, might be in no Danger of being likened to the Labours of theſe Hiſtorians, we have taken everyOccaſion of interſpersing through the whole ſundry Similes, Deſcriptions, and other kind of poetical Embelliſhments.
The time when something happens.
On thisoccasion, I'm going to decline your offer, but next time I might agree.
And Vickers launched forth in a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with supreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on alloccasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.
An occurrence or state of affairs which causes someevent or reaction; a motive orreason.[from 14th c.]
I had nooccasion to feel offended, however.
Something which causes something else; acause.[from 14th c.]
[I]t were too vile to ſay, and ſcarce to be beleeued, what we endured: but theoccaſion was our owne, for want of prouidence, induſtrie and gouernment,[…]
In the last two decades, North Korea has on variousoccasions conducted highly provocative missile and nuclear tests and promised to turn Seoul into a sea of fire.
1651,Jer[emy] Taylor, “Consideration of the general instruments and means serving to a holy Life: by way of Introduction”, inThe Rule and Exercises of Holy Living.[…], 2nd edition, London:[…] Francis Ashe[…],→OCLC,page 2:
[…] after we have ſerved our ſelves, and our ownoccaſions.
I hadoccasion,[…], to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return,[…], I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting,[…], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.
A special event or function.[from 19th c.]
Having people round for dinner was always quite anoccasion at our house.
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To the Author's private circle the appearance of this singular Work on Clothes must haveoccasioned little less surprise than it has to the rest of the world.
1946 November and December, “Additional London-Dartford Services”, inRailway Magazine, page386:
[…] although overcrowding on the trains runningvia London Bridge hasoccasioned considerable discomfort to regular travellers, it was noticed that the alternative route was not extensively patronised, and that the trains were seldom more than half-filled.
The new tunnel has been associated with, but not actuallyoccasioned by, the electrification of the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath lines of the former L.N.E.R., initiated before the war.
