Incident

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incident \In"ci*dent\, n. [Cf. F. incident.]
     1. That which falls out or takes place; an event; casualty;
        occurrence.
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     2. That which happens aside from the main design; an


        accidental or subordinate action or event.
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              No person, no incident, in a play but must be of use
              to carry on the main design.          --Dryden.
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     3. (Law) Something appertaining to, passing with, or
        depending on, another, called the principal. --Tomlins.
  
     Syn: Circumstance; event; fact; adventure; contingency;
          chance; accident; casualty. See {Event}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incident \In"ci*dent\, a. [L. incidens, -entis, p. pr. & of
     incidere to fall into or upon; pref. in- in, on + cadere to
     fall: cf. F. incident. See {Cadence}.]
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     1. Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a
        reflecting surface.
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     2. Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course
        of things; not in connection with the main design; not
        according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
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              As the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed
              of by general laws, so likewise men's rarer incident
              necessities and utilities should be with special
              equity considered.                    --Hooker.
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     3. Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence,
        naturally happening or appertaining.
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              All chances incident to man's frail life. --Milton.
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              The studies incident to his profession. --Milward.
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     4. (Law) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing,
        called the principal.
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     {Incident proposition} (Logic), a proposition subordinate to
        another, and introduced by who, which, whose, whom, etc.;
        as, Julius, whose surname was C[ae]sar, overcame Pompey.
        --I. Watts.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incident
       adj 1: falling or striking on something
       2: (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate
          in significance or nature or occurring as a chance
          concomitant or consequence; "incidental expenses"; "the
          road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra
          duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental
          to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick
          change" [syn: {incidental}] [ant: {basic}]
       n 1: a single distinct event
       2: a public disturbance; "the police investigated an incident
          at the bus station"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "incident":
     action, adventure, affair, anagnorisis, angle, architectonics,
     architecture, argument, atmosphere, background, catastrophe,
     characterization, circumstance, color, commotion, complication,
     condition, conjuncture, contingency, continuity, contrivance,
     denouement, design, development, device, disturbance, do, episode,
     event, eventuality, experience, fable, fact, falling action,
     fracas, gimmick, hap, happening, happenstance, juncture, line,
     local color, matter of fact, mood, motif, movement, mythos,
     occasion, occurrence, particular, peripeteia, phenomenon, plan,
     plot, proceeding, reality, recognition, rising action, scene,
     scheme, secondary plot, set-to, skirmish, slant, story, structure,
     subject, subplot, switch, thematic development, theme, to-do, tone,
     topic, turn of events, twist, upset
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  INCIDENT. A thing depending upon, appertaining to, or following another, 
  called the principal. 
       2. The power of punishing for contempt is incident to a court of 
  record; rent is incident to a reversion; distress to rent; estovers of woods 
  to a tenancy for a life or years. 1 Inst. 151; Noy's Max. n. 13; Vin. Ab. 
  h.. t.; Dane's Ab. h.t.; Com. Dig. h.t., and the references there; Bro. 
  Ab. h.t.; Roll's Ab. 75.