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noun

Incident n.

1.

That which falls out or takes place; an event; casualty; occurrence.

2.

That which happens aside from the main design; an accidental or subordinate action or event. "No person, no incident, in a play but must be of use to carry on the main design."

3.

(Law) Something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the principal.

Synonyms: Circumstance; event; fact; adventure; contingency; chance; accident; casualty. See Event.

adjective

Incident adj.

1.

Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface.

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. "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."

3.

Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining. "All chances incident to man's frail life." "The studies incident to his profession."

4.

(Law) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.

Incident proposition (Logic), a proposition subordinate to another, and introduced by who, which, whose, whom, etc.; as, Julius, whose surname was Caesar, overcame Pompey.

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Etymology of 'Incident'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Incident" Quotes from Famous Books

... gathered round the Rue St. Honore; a young man was just arrested by the order of Robespierre. He was known to be in the service of Tallien, that hostile leader in the Convention, whom the tyrant had hitherto trembled to attack. This incident had therefore produced a greater excitement than a circumstance so customary as an arrest in the Reign of Terror might be supposed to create. Amongst the crowd were many friends of Tallien, many foes to the tyrant, many weary of beholding the tiger dragging ...

— Zanoni • Edward Bulwer Lytton

... pillar of salt in Sodom while another female of great notoriety known to fame as the celebrated "Witch of Endor," raised Samuel from his grave in Ramah. Saint Peter found a shilling in the mouth of a fish which he caught in the Sea of Galilee, and this lucky incident enabled the impecunious apostle to pay the "tribute money" in Capernaum. Another famous Israelite,—so it is said,—broke the record of balloon ascensions in Judea, and ascended into heaven ...

— The Fallen Star; and, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil • E. L. Bulwer; and, Lord Brougham

... few instances I have introduced or changed an incident. I have never done so, however, without mentioning the fact in the Notes. These have been relegated to the obscurity of small print and a back place, while the little ones have been, perhaps unnecessarily, warned off them. They indicate my sources and give a few references ...

— English Fairy Tales • Joseph Jacobs (coll. & ed.)

... not passionately in love, had an important reason for withholding his offer of marriage for the time being. The reason was not that ten years before he had ruined and abandoned Katiousha, which incident he had entirely forgotten, but that at this very time he was sustaining relations with a married woman, and though he now considered them at an end, they were ...

— The Awakening - The Resurrection • Leo Nikoleyevich Tolstoy

... this group, in lieu of a more accurate name, may be called moralities, since they contain a moral incident or reflection. ...

— A Syllabus of Kentucky Folk-Songs • Hubert G. Shearin

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