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Occur

verb

(past & past part. occurred; pres. part. occurring)

Come to pass. Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, pass, pass off, take place. "The meeting took place off without an incidence" , "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

Come to one's mind; suggest itself. Synonym: come. "A great idea then came to her"

To be found to exist. "Precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"

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... forcibly off, and confined in this secluded place. The arrival of Earnscliff, with a strong party of horsemen, before the tower, alarmed the robber. As he had already directed Grace Armstrong to be restored to her friends, it did not occur to him that this unwelcome visit was on her account; and seeing at the head of the party, Earnscliff, whose attachment to Miss Vere was whispered in the country, he doubted not that her liberation was the sole object of the attack ...

— The Black Dwarf • Sir Walter Scott

... will pass through many perilous adventures, but you are destined to escape any dangers that threaten you. You will gain honour and renown, and come to fortune through a marriage. There are other things in your career that are uncertain, since I cannot tell at what date they are likely to occur and whether the planets that were favourable at your birth may again be in the ascendant; but, for as much as I have told you, I have no ...

— At Agincourt • G. A. Henty

... following chapters the reader will easily remark, how truly Gronovius observes, in his notes on the Roman decrees in favor of the Jews, that their rights and privileges were commonly purchased of the Romans with money. Many examples of this sort, both as to the Romans and others in authority, will occur in our Josephus, both now and hereafter, and need not be taken particular notice of on the several occasions in these notes. Accordingly, the chief captain confesses to St. Paul that "with a great sum ...

— The Antiquities of the Jews • Flavius Josephus

... character of wonder and delight. The following outlines of the rolling prairies are broken only by the small lakes and patches of timber which relieve them of monotony and enhance their beauty; and though marshes and sloughs occur, they are of too small extent and too infrequent to affect the generally attractive character of the country. The elevation of the rolling prairies is generally so uniform, that even the summits between streams flowing in ...

— Minnesota and Dacotah • C.C. Andrews

... of social scientists and historians have speculated that this might occur. The theory is that the conquest of space may prove to be the moral equivalent of war by substituting for certain material and psychological needs usually supplied through war; that the absorption of energies, resources, imagination, and aggressiveness in pursuit of the space adventure ...

— The Practical Values of Space Exploration • Committee on Science and Astronautics

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