occurrent

& a. [Lat. occur rens, pr. par. of occurro to occur (q. v.).] A. As substantive: 1. One who meets or opposes; an adversary, an opponent. ( Holland .) 2. An occurrence, an event. "My five years' absence hath kept me stranger So much to all the occurrents of country. Beaum. & Flet.: Beggar's Bush, i. 1. B. As adj .: Incidental, accidental; coming in the way. *oc-cûrse', s. [Lat. occurs us.] A meeting or striking together; a clashing. "The wonderful result of this mutual occurse ."-Bentley: Sermons, ser. 2. *oc-cür'-sion, s. [Lat. occursio , from occursum , sup. of occurro to meet, to occur (q. v.).) A meeting, striking, or clashing together. "Ever and anon justled by the occurs i on of other bodies." -Glanvill: Scepsis, ch. iv.