All 3 Uses of
contingency
in
The House of the Seven Gables
- He had no burden of care upon him; there were none of those questions and contingencies with the future to be settled which wear away all other lives, and render them not worth having by the very process of providing for their support.†
Chpt 11 *contingencies = things that might happen; or things available in case events happen
- Judge Pyncheon's neck is too precious to be risked on such a contingency as a stumbling steed.†
Chpt 18contingency = something that might happen; or something available in case an event occurs
- In most other cases and contingencies, the individual is present among us, mixed up with the daily revolution of affairs, and affording a definite point for observation.†
Chpt 21contingencies = things that might happen; or things available in case events happen
Definition:
something that might happen -- especially something that it is hoped will not happen
or more rarely:
something available in case of an event -- especially an event that it is hoped will not occur
or more rarely:
something available in case of an event -- especially an event that it is hoped will not occur