English Explanatory Dictionary

per accidens

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. By chance; by reason of an accidental, incidental or non-essential circumstance; contingently; indirectly.

Word forms

per accidens per accidence

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin conversio per accidens, English from 1425.

Antonyms

per se
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