occasioner, occacyoner

[English occasion; -er.] One who or that which occasions, causes, or gives rise to anything; a cause; an occasion. oc-ca-sive, adj. [Latin occasus the sunset.] Pertaining to the setting sun; western. *oc-çě-ca-tion, s. [ Lat.occæcatio , from occæco =to blind, from oc- , and cæco =to blind; cœcus = blind.] The act of blinding or making blind; the state of being blind. "The misery of this inward occæcation."-Bp. Hall: Occasional Meditations, 57. oc'-çi-dent, s . [Fr., from Lat. occidentem, acc. of occidens , pr. par. of occido to set: oc- , and cado =to fall.] The western quarter of the hemisphere, where the sun sets; the west.