OCCASIONATE
Oc*ca"sion*ate, v. t.
Defn: To occasion. [Obs.]
The lowest may occasionate much ill. Dr. H. More.
OCCASIONER
Oc*ca"sion*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, occasions, causes, or produces. Bp.
Sanderson.
OCCASIVE Oc*ca"sive, a. Etym: [L. occasivus, fr. occasus a going down, setting of the heavenly bodies, fr. occidere to fall or down. See Occasion.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.
OCCECATION Oc*ce*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. occaecatio, fr. occaecare to make blind; ob + caecare to blind, fr. caecus blind.]
Defn: The act of making blind, or the state of being blind. [R.]
"This inward occecation." Bp. Hall.
OCCIDENT Oc"ci*dent, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. occidens, occidentis, fr. occidents, p.pr. of occidere to fall or go down. See Occasion.]
Defn: The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; — opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere. Chaucer. I may wander from east to occident. Shak.