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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Occasion \Oc*ca"sion\ ([o^]k*k[=a]"zh[u^]n), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Occasioned} ([o^]k*k[=a]"zh[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Occasioning}.] [Cf. F. occasionner.] To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety. --South.
If we inquire what it is that occasions men to make several combinations of simple ideas into distinct modes. --Locke.
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