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occasion(2)(dictionary)
piece d'occasion(dictionary)
vers d'occasion(dictionary)
occasion 1, noun(dictionary)
occasion 2, verb(dictionary)

occasion(2) (iou)



occasion verb trans. LME.
[from the noun. Cf. French occasionner.]
Induce, urge; impel by circumstances; accustom. (Foll. by to, to do.) LME-L17.
Be the occasion or cause of; give rise to, bring about, esp. incidentally. Also with pers. indirect obj., cause to experience or have. LME.
H. J. Laski A book which, even in those days, occasioned some controversy. F. Tuohy This curiosity from a bystander occasioned them some surprise.
b. Cause (a person or thing) to do. E17.
occasioner noun (now rare) LME.