(dated, idiomatic) To take advantage of an opportunity.

To point out a moral to be learned from some event that has just occurred. / (obsolete, slang) To celebrate with food or drink.

(transitive, obsolete) To occasion.

Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often. / Created for a specific occasion. / Intended for use as the occasion requires. / Acting in the indicated role from time to time.

A person who does something only occasionally.

(obsolete) On the occasion of something else happening; incidentally, by the way. / From time to time; sometimes; at relatively infrequent intervals. / (obsolete) By chance; accidentally.

Any small table, such as an end table, having no particular function. It can typically be folded away.

present participle of occasionate

simple past tense and past participle of occasionate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of occasionate