per accidens
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin conversio per accidens, English from 1425.
Adverb
[edit]per accidens (not comparable)
- By chance; by reason of an accidental, incidental or non-essential circumstance; contingently; indirectly.
Antonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “per accidens”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.