advene

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advenire (“to come to, arrive at”), from ad (“to”) +‎ venire (“to come”). Compare convene, intervene, supervene.

Verb

advene (third-person singular simple present advenes, present participle advening, simple past and past participle advened)

1. (rare) To accede or to come to; to be superadded to, to be added to something or become a part of it, though inessential.

Related terms

• advent
• adventure
• adventurer
• adventurous

Further reading

• “advene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “advene”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Evadne, Naveed