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Bible Dictionaries
Accident
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
(2):
(n.) Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.
(3):
(n.) Unusual appearance or effect.
(4):
(n.) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.
(5):
(n.) Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident.
(6):
(n.) A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.
(7):
(n.) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Accident'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/accident.html. 1828.
