Happening: alternatives and connections

Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contin…

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That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of…

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The act of altering or making different.

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The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

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Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.

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A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.

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of Begin

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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.

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A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…

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The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Accompanying; conjoined; attending.

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A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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See Contingency.

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Union or connection; the state of touching or contact.

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Alt. of Convergency

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To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.

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That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

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The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing.

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To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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of End

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A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digr…

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A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

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The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust.…

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The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence.

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One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

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Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

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A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence…

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To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute.

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To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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Accident; chance; casualty.

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Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece of good fortune.

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The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.

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of Impinge

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Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface.

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The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

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The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

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A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea.

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A joining; a union; an alliance.

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That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.

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A wonder or wonderful thing.

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The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion,…

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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.

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A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection.

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A bursting forth.

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Intended to reverse; implying reversal.

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Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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Offset, n., 4.

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The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Struck.

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Act of succeeding; succession.

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The act of supervening.

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Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

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Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc.

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That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not w…

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That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.

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To meet; to clash.

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To meet; to clash.

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A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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