The lowest may occasionate much ill.
Dr. H. More.
Oc*ca"sion*er (?), n. One who, or that which, occasions, causes, or
produces. Bp. Sanderson.
Oc*ca"sive (?), a. [L. occasivus, fr. occasus a going down, setting of
the heavenly bodies, fr. occidere to fall or down. See Occasion.] Of or
pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.
Oc*ce*ca"tion (?), n. [L. occaecatio, fr. occaecare to make blind; ob +
caecare to blind, fr. caecus blind.] The act of making blind, or the
state of being blind. [R.] "This inward occecation." Bp. Hall.
Oc"ci*dent (?), n. [F., fr. L. occidens, occidentis, fr. occidents, p.
pr. of occidere to fall or go down. See Occasion.] The part of the
horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the
earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to orient. Specifically,
in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western
hemisphere. Chaucer.