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the Predicables of Porphyry, the Categories of Aridotle, 
and the Sentences of Peter Lombard,” and many treatifes 
in fcholaltic theology and ecclefiadical law. They were 
Yollefted together, and publifhed at Paris in 1476, in two 
volumes, folio. Enfield's [lift. Phil. vol. ii. 
OCCA'SIO, or Occasion, among the Romans, an alle¬ 
gorical divinity ; the goddefs who prefides over the molt 
favourable moment for fuccefs in any enterprife. She is 
represented as Hark naked, with a long lock of hair upon 
her forehead, and bald behind ; and alfo (landing on a 
wheel, with wings on her feet, and is faid to turn her- 
lelf very fwiftly round ; by which is intimated, that we 
fnould lay hold of the M prefent opportunity. James's Mil. 
Did. 
OCCASION, f. [Fr. from occaf/o, Lat.] Occurrence; 
cafualty ; incident.—-The laws of Chrift we find rather 
mentioned by occajion in the writings of the apoltles, 
than any folemn thing direftly written to comprehend 
them in legal fort. Hooker. —Opportunity; convenience. 
•—Ufe not liberty for an occa/ion. Gal. v. 13.—Eecatife of 
the money returned in our lacks are we brought in, that 
he may (eek occajion, fall upon us, and take us for bond- 
men-. Gen. xliii. iS.—From .this admonition they took 
only oceajion to redouble their fault, and to deep again. 
South. 
Me, unweeting and unware of fuch miihap, 
She brought to mifchief through occafion, 
Where this fame wicked villain did me light upon. Spcnfer. 
With a mind as great as theirs, lie came 
To find at home occa/ion for his fame, 
Where dark confufions did the nations hide. Waller. 
Accidental caufe.—Concerning ideas lodged in the me¬ 
mory, and upon cccafion revived by the mind, it takes 
notice of them, as of a former impredion. Luck$. —That 
woman that cannot make her fault heivhufband’s occajion, 
let her never nurfe her child herfelf, for (lie will breed it 
like a fool. Shakefpeare's As you like it. 
The fair for whom they ftrove, 
Nor thought, when (he beheld the fight from far, 
Her beauty was th’ occajion of the war. Dryden. 
Reafon not cogent, but opportune : 
Your bufmefs calls on you, 
And you embrace the occafion to depart. Shakefpcare. 
Incidental need ; cafual exigence.—My occajions have 
found time to ufe them toward afupply of money. Shahej ! 
'Timon. — Syllogifm is made ufe of on occajion to difcover 
a fallacy hid in a rhetorical flourifh. Locke. —The ancient 
canons were very well fitted for the occajion of the church 
in its purer ages. Baker on Learning. —God hath put us 
into an imperfect (late, where we have perpetual occafion 
<0f each other’s afiillance. Swift. 
Never mailer had 
A page fo kind, fo duteous, diligent. 
So tender over his occajions. Shahefpearc's Cymh. 
A prudent chief not always mud difplay 
His pow’rs in equal ranks, and fair array; 
But with the occafion and the place comply, 
Conceal his force, nay, feem fometimes to fly. Pope. 
To OCCA'SION, v. a. To caufe cafually.— 1 The good 
Pfalmid condemns the foolifii thoughts which a reflection 
on the profperous Hate of his affairs had fofnetimes occa- 
Jioneil in him. Atterhury. —To caufe; to produce.—A 
confumption may b ecccajioncd by runningfores, or finuous 
fiflulas, whofe fiecret caves and winding burrows empty 
themfelves by copious dilcharges. Blackmorc.— To in¬ 
fluence.—If we enquire what it is that occafions men to 
make'feveral combinations of Ample ideas into diflinft 
modes, and negleft others which have as much an aptnefs 
to be combined, we (hall find the reafon to be the end of 
language. Loclic. 4 
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OCCA'SIONABLE, adj. That may be occafioned.—» 
This practice, of condantly and carefully obferving our 
hearts, will fence us againd immoderate pleafure, occd~ 
fionahle by men’s hard opinions or liar (It cenfures palled 
on us. Barrow. 
OCCASIONAL, adj. Incidental; cafual. — Thus 
mucli is fufficient out of Scripture, to verify our expli¬ 
cation of the deluge, according to the Mofaical bidory 
of the flood, and according to many occajional reflections 
difperfed in other places of Scripture concerning it. Bnr- 
7 /<L—-Producing by accident.—The ground or occafwnat 
original hereof, was the amazement and fudden (lienee 
the unexpected appearance of wolves does often put upon 
travellers. Brown's Vufg. Err. — Produced by occafion or 
incidental exigence.—Beddes thefe condant times, there 
are likewife occajional times for the performance of this 1 
duty. Whole Duty of Man. 
Thofe let ters were not writ to all ; 
Nor firll intended but occajional, 
I heir ablent fermons. Dry din's Hhidand Pantk. 
OCCASIONALLY, adv. According to incidental 
exigence ; incidentally.—I have endeavoured to inter¬ 
weave with the adertions fome of the proofs whereon 
they depend, and occafionally fcatter feveral of the more 
importantobfervations throughout the work. Woodward's 
Nat. HiJ't. 
Authority and reafon on her wait, 
As one intended fird, not after made 
Occafionally. Miltons P. L. 
OCCA'SIONER, J'. One that caufes, or promotes by 
defign or accident.—She with true lamentations made 
known to the world, that her new greatnefs did no way 
comfort her in refpeCl of her brother’s lofs, whom (he 
lludied all means poOible to revenge upon every one of 
the occafioners. Sidney. —Some men will load me as if 1 
were a wilful and refblved occajioner of my own and my 
fubjeCls’ miferies. King Charles. —In cafe a man dig a pit 
and leave it open, whereby it happeneth his neighbour’s 
bead to fall thereinto and perifli, the owner of the pit is 
to make it good, in as much as lie was the occajioner of 
that lofs to his neighbour. Sanderfon. 
OCCECA'TION, j'. [occaicatio, from occceco, Lat.] The 
aCl of blinding or making blind ; date of being blind.— 
Thofe places (peak of obduration and occecation, fo as if 
the blindnefs that is in the minds, and hardnefs that is 
in the hearts, of wicked men, were from God. SandcrJ’oH. 
OCCIDENT, J'. [from cccidens, Lat.] The wed : 
The envious clouds are bent 
To dim liis glory, and to daiii the trad 
Of his bright paflage to the Occident. Shakcfpeare. 
OCCIDEN'TAL, adj. Wedern.— If fhe had not bqen 
drained, (lie might have tiled her palaces with occidental 
gold and diver. Howell. 
Ere twice in murk and occidental damp 
Moid Hefperus hath quench’d his fleepy lamp. Shahtfp. 
OCCID'UOUS, adj. Wedern. 
OCCIMIA'NO, a town of France, in the department 
of the Marengo : feven miles fouth-wed of Cafala. 
OCCIP'ITAL, adj. Placed on the hinder part of the 
head. 
OC'CIPUT, f. [Latin.] The hinder part of the head, 
forming the protuberance immediately above the neck : 
His broad-brim’d hat 
Hangs o’er his occiput moll quaintly. 
To make the knave appear more faintly. Buikr. 
OCCI'SION, f. [from occifio, Lat.] The aft of killing. 
—This kind of occifton of a man, according to the laws 
of the kingdom, and in execution thereof, ought not Co 
be numbered in the rank of crimes. Hale's P. C. ch_4s. 
OC'CLEVE, or Hocclevs (Thomas), an EnglHh 
poet. 
