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Webster 1913 Edition


Accidence

Ac′ci-dence

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Accidence

AC'CIDENCE

,
Noun.
[See Accident.] A small book containing the rudiments of grammar.