accidence

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(ak′sə dəns)

noun

  1. the part of grammar that deals with the inflection of words
  2. the elementary or first parts of a subject; rudiments

Origin: ME accidens, inflection < L accidentia, that which happens < accidens: see accident

See accidence in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Late Latin accidentia

Origin: , from Latin accidēns, accident-, accident; see accident

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