occasion (3 only S.)
1.
opportunity for
attacking or fault-finding
John IV. ii. 62
“To grace
occasions”
; (?) AYL. IV. i. 184* (see 3
below).
2.
cause, reason
(freq.); sometimes passes into ‘cause of
being occupied or detained, business’ Ado I. i. 157, Tim. III. vi. 12; “on . . . occasion,” for
a . . . reason Tw.N. II. i.
44, R3 III. i. 26, Oth. IV. i. 59, Lucr. 1270.
3.
that which is
occasioned AYL. IV. i. 184*
“that woman that cannot make
her fault her husband's ” (=‘represent her fault as occasioned by her
husband’, J.).
4.
particular or
personal need or requirement
Mer.V. I. i. 140
“my . . . means Lie all
unlock'd to your o-s,”
Tim, III. ii. 26,
Cym. V. v. 87
“So tender over his
o-”
5.
course of events
John IV. ii. 125
“With hold thy speed,
dreadful !,”
2H4 IV. i. 72
“the rough torrent of
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