Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me.
Rom. vii. 11.
I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring Him to his death.
Waller.
3. An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with it some
unlooked-for event; that which incidentally brings to pass an event,
without being its efficient cause or sufficient reason; accidental or
incidental cause.
Her beauty was the occasion of the war.
Dryden.
4. Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for
firearms.
After we have served ourselves and our own occasions.
Jer. Taylor.
When my occasions took me into France.
Burke.