ACCIDENCE

accidence (countable and uncountable, plural accidences)

(grammar) The accidents or inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.

The rudiments of any subject.

A book containing the first principles of grammar; by extension, a book containing the rudiments of any subject or art.

Source: Wiktionary

Ac"ci*dence, n. Etym: [A corruption of Eng. accidents, pl. of accident. See Accident, 2.]

1. The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar. Milton.

2. The rudiments of any subject. Lowell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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