late 14c., occasioun, 'opportunity; grounds for action or feeling; state of affairs that makes something else possible; a happening, occurrence leading to some result,' from Old French ochaison, ocasion 'cause, reason, excuse, pretext; opportunity' (13c.) or directly from Latin occasionem (nominative occasio) 'opportunity, appropriate time,' in Late Latin 'cause,' from occasum, occasus, past participle of occidere 'fall down, go down,' from ob 'down, away' (see ob-) + -cidere, combining form of cadere 'to fall' (from PIE root *kad- 'to fall'). The notion is of a 'falling together,' or juncture, of circumstances. The sense of 'the time or a time at which something happens' is from 1560s.
occasion (v.)
mid-15c., occasionen, 'to bring (something) about, be the cause of (something),' from occasion (n.), or else from Old French occasionner 'to cause,' from Medieval Latin occasionare, from Latin occasionem (see occasion (n.)). Related: Occasioned; occasioning.
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Noun | 1. | entail - land received by fee tail acres, demesne, landed estate, estate, land - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; 'the family owned a large estate on Long Island' |
2. | entail - the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple change - the action of changing something; 'the change of government had no impact on the economy'; 'his change on abortion cost him the election' | |
Verb | 1. | entail - have as a logical consequence; 'The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers' necessitate - cause to be a concomitant |
2. | entail - impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; 'What does this move entail?' lead - tend to or result in; 'This remark lead to further arguments among the guests' | |
3. | entail - limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs bequeath, will, leave - leave or give by will after one's death; 'My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry'; 'My grandfather left me his entire estate' |