Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Advening; coming from without; superadded.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Coming from outward causes; superadded.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Caused by outside forces; coming from without;
external ,additional .
Etymologies
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From (the present participle of) Latin advenīre.
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Examples
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They are extrinsic, advenient things, that never come to a nearer union with thy soul; and though they could, they would debase thy soul, and not exalt it, because of a baser inferior nature.
The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hugh Binning 1640
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