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accidence

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ac·ci·dence  (ks-dns, -dns)
n.
The section of morphology that deals with the inflections of words.
[Middle English, from Late Latin accidentia, from Latin accidns, accident-, accident; see accident.]
accidence [ˈæksɪdəns]
n
(Linguistics / Grammar) inflectional morphology; the part of grammar concerned with changes in the form of words by internal modification or by affixation, for the expression of tense, person, case, number, etc.
[from Latin accidentia accidental matters, hence inflections of words, from accidere to happen. See accident]
accidence
the aspect of grammar that deals with inflections and word order.
See also: Grammar
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.accidenceaccidence - the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words
inflectional morphology
morphology - studies of the rules for forming admissible words
Translations
accidence [ˈæksɪdəns] N → accidentes mpl
accidence
n (Gram) → Formenlehre f


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My father had the contempt of familiarity with it, having himself written a very brief sketch of our accidence, and he seems to have let me plunge into the sea of Spanish verbs and adverbs, nouns and pronouns, and all the rest, when as yet I could not confidently call them by name, with the serene belief that if I did not swim I would still somehow get ashore without sinking.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
Moreover, he had written a Latin Accidence, which was used in schools more than half a century after his death; so that the good old man, even in his grave, was still the cause of trouble and stripes to idle schoolboys.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
She had worked even at the Latin accidence, fondly hoping that she might be capable of instructing him in that language.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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