accidence

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈæksɪdəns/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ak′si dəns)


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ac•ci•dence  (ak′si dəns),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the rudiments or essentials of a subject.
  2. Grammar
    • the study of inflection as a grammatical device.
    • the inflections so studied.
  • Latin accidentia, neuter plural of accidēns (present participle of accidere to fall, befall). See accident
  • 1500–1510

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
accidence / ˈæksɪdəns/
  1. inflectional morphology; the part of grammar concerned with changes in the form of words by internal modification or by affixation, for the expression of tense, person, case, number, etc
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin accidentia accidental matters, hence inflections of words, from accidere to happen. See accident
'accidence' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
diptote

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