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Meaning of ACCIDENCE

Pronunciation:  'aksiduns

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words
 
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 Synonyms: inflectional morphology
 
 See Also: morphology

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ac"ci*dence\, n. [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.
 

 

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