occurrent

British

/ əˈkʌrənt /

adjective

philosophy (of a property) relating to some observable feature of its bearer Compare disposition

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No sword, inasmuch as there will be neither enemy nor evil occurrent throughout all that blissful, sunny region.

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A wave of excitement, spreading by contagions till the minds of a whole people are in a ferment, is an event of frequent occurrent.

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Then follows "A true and faithfull relation of the rising and fall of Thomas Tucker, Prince of Alba Fortunata, Lord St. Johns, &c., with all the occurrents which happened throughout his whole domination."

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I. Several and many ways doth the heart become engaged to God: no consideration can enter our hearts, no occurrent happen in our lives, but it offers reasons enforcing this duty.

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Hollanders abuses of the English in those parts, are here published for knowledge of these eastern affairs and occurrents, as it is meet in a history.

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