Definition of accidence

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ac·ci·dence

(

-d

ns, -d

) KEY

NOUN:

The section of morphology that deals with the inflections of words.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Late Latin accidentia, from Latin accidns, accident-, accident ; see accident

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