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单词 occase
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occasen.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin occāsus.
Etymology: < classical Latin occāsus opportunity, chance, downfall, death, wilting of a plant, setting of the sun < occās- , past participial stem of occidere to fall (see Occident n.) + -tus , suffix forming verbal nouns. Compare case n.1
Obsolete. rare.
A falling; a fall.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > a fall
fallc1175
falling downc1350
downfall1556
occase1609
tumble1716
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica v. xciv He lights in Lemnos, nor can Vulcan die By this occase.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Vv A small..seed..followes upon the occase of its flowers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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