occasion
/əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/ verb B1- To cause; to produce; to induce · It is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity.
He/she/it occasions · Past occasioned · Past participle occasioned · -ing form occasioning
Verb forms
- Base form
- occasion
- He/she/it
- occasions
- Past
- occasioned
- Past participle
- occasioned
- -ing form
- occasioning
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A severe and unseasonable attack of grippe had confined that good lady to her house ever since the occasion of her last visit to Green Gables.
“I hope you won’t have occasion to make many more such apologies.
I assure you, Marilla, that I feel like praying tonight and I’m going to think out a special brand-new prayer in honor of the occasion.”
“But it’s such a very special occasion,” mourned Anne, on the verge of tears.
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