Obs. [ad. L. accident-em falling, happening, pr. pple. of accid-ĕre. See ACCIDENT sb.] Accidental, contingent, incidental.
1509. Hawes, Past. Pleas. (1845), XXVII. xx. 123. Desteny is a thyng accydent.
1610. Healey, St. Aug., City of God, XI. iv. 389. They can neuer shew how that misery befalleth it anew, that was neuer accident to it before.
