advene
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin advenire (“to come to, arrive at”), from ad (“to”) + venire (“to come”). Compare convene, intervene, supervene.
Verb
[edit]advene (third-person singular simple present advenes, present participle advening, simple past and past participle advened)
- (rare) To accede or to come to; to be superadded to, to be added to something or become a part of it, though inessential.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “advene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “advene”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.