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† ocˈcidual, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. occiduāl-is western, f. occidu-us going down (f. occidĕre): see -al1.]
Going down, setting; pertaining to the setting of a heavenly body. Also † ocˈciduous a. rare.
1635Gellibrand Variation Magn. Needle 5 The Amplitude Ortive or Occiduall of the Sunne. 1656Blount Glossogr., Occiduous, that goeth down, that will decay. a1711Ken Edmund Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 340 To brighten his occiduous Rays. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Amplitude, Amplitude is of two kinds; eastern, or ortive; and western, or occiduous. |