the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.
n. One who meets; hence, an adversary.
n. Anything that happens; an occurrence.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
That comes in the way; occurring; incidental.
n. One who comes to meet or comes against another; especially, an antagonist; an adversary.
n. Incident; anything that happens; happening; event; occurrence.
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n. an event that happens
adj. presently occurring (either causally or incidentally)
Word Usage
"Most theorists believe that there are mental states ” such as occurrent thoughts or judgments ” that are access-conscious (in whatever is the correct functionally-definable sense), but that are not phenomenally conscious."