Bentley.
3. To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to
offer; to appear; to happen; to take place; as, I will write if
opportunity occurs.
In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there is no such
thing as "heir" in our author's sense.
Locke.
4. To meet or come to the mind; to suggest itself; to be presented to
the imagination or memory.
There doth not occur to me any use of this experiment for profit.
Bacon.
Oc*cur"rence (?), n. [Cf. F. occurrence. See Occur.] 1. A coming or
happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.
Voyages detain the mind by the perpetual occurrence and expectation
of something new.