1. adjective /əˈkʌɹənt/
2. noun /əˈkʌɹənt/
An event, something that occurs.
the only comfort (saith Jovius) he had to ease his melancholy thoughts, was to hear news, and to listen after those ordinary occurrents, which were brought him cum primis, by letters or otherwise, out of the remotest parts of Europe.
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