intercurrencen.
/ɪntəˈkʌrəns/ Intervention; an intervening occurrence.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurrence or event > intervening occurrence
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1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1335 There may be providence, and the least intercurrence of fortune.
1661 R. Boyle Hist. Fluidity & Firmnesse i, in Certain Physiol. Ess. 158 We may proceed to consider, what Fluidity Salt-Petre is capable of without the intercurrence of a Liquor.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 34 To be sagacious in such intercurrences is not Superstition, but wary and pious Discretion.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 401 Epithelial casts are also occasionally found, and must be held to indicate the intercurrence of tubal catarrh.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurrence or event > intervening occurrence
intercourse1589
intercurrence1603
intercurrency1670
intervention1676
1670 H. Stubbe Plus Ultra 40 The intercurrencies of irregular and unknown particles, like to moats in..a Glass.
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