[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

incident \in"cident\, n. cf. f. incident.
   1. that which falls out or takes place; an event; casualty;
      occurrence.
      1913 webster

   2. that which happens aside from the main design; an
      accidental or subordinate action or event.
      1913 webster

            no person, no incident, in a play but must be of use
            to carry on the main design.          --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. law something appertaining to, passing with, or
      depending on, another, called the principal. --tomlins.

   syn: circumstance; event; fact; adventure; contingency;
        chance; accident; casualty. see event.
        1913 webster
see also:
event 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

incident \in"cident\, a. l. incidens, -entis, p. pr.  of
   incidere to fall into or upon; pref. in- in, on + cadere to
   fall: cf. f. incident. see cadence.
   1913 webster
   1. falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a
      reflecting surface.
      1913 webster

   2. coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course
      of things; not in connection with the main design; not
      according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
      1913 webster

            as the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed
            of by general laws, so likewise men's rarer incident
            necessities and utilities should be with special
            equity considered.                    --hooker.
      1913 webster

   3. liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence,
      naturally happening or appertaining.
      1913 webster

            all chances incident to man's frail life. --milton.
      1913 webster

            the studies incident to his profession. --milward.
      1913 webster

   4. law dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing,
      called the principal.
      1913 webster

   incident proposition logic, a proposition subordinate to
      another, and introduced by who, which, whose, whom, etc.;
      as, julius, whose surname was caesar, overcame pompey.
      --i. watts.
      1913 webster
see also:
cadence incident proposition 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

incident
     adj 1: falling or striking on something
     2: sometimes followed by `to' minor or casual or subordinate
        in significance or nature or occurring as a chance
        concomitant or consequence; "incidental expenses"; "the
        road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra
        duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental
        to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick
        change" syn: incidental ant: basic
     n 1: a single distinct event
     2: a public disturbance; "the police investigated an incident
        at the bus station"
see also:
incidental basic 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

77 moby thesaurus words for "incident":
   action, adventure, affair, anagnorisis, angle, architectonics,
   architecture, argument, atmosphere, background, catastrophe,
   characterization, circumstance, color, commotion, complication,
   condition, conjuncture, contingency, continuity, contrivance,
   denouement, design, development, device, disturbance, do, episode,
   event, eventuality, experience, fable, fact, falling action,
   fracas, gimmick, hap, happening, happenstance, juncture, line,
   local color, matter of fact, mood, motif, movement, mythos,
   occasion, occurrence, particular, peripeteia, phenomenon, plan,
   plot, proceeding, reality, recognition, rising action, scene,
   scheme, secondary plot, set-to, skirmish, slant, story, structure,
   subject, subplot, switch, thematic development, theme, to-do, tone,
   topic, turn of events, twist, upset

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

incident. a thing depending upon, appertaining to, or following another, 
called the principal. 
     2. the power of punishing for contempt is incident to a court of 
record; rent is incident to a reversion; distress to rent; estovers of woods 
to a tenancy for a life or years. 1 inst. 151; noy's max. n. 13; vin. ab. 
h.. t.; dane's ab. h.t.; com. dig. h.t., and the references there; bro. 
ab. h.t.; roll's ab. 75. 

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