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advene

advene verb: to accede or to come to; to be superadded to, to be added to something or become a part of it, though inessential.

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.

Forms of advene

third-person singular presentadvenes
present participleadvening
past participleadvened
pastadvened

Origin of advene

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

Questions about advene

What does advene mean?
Advene means to accede or to come to; to be superadded to, to be added to something or become a part of it, though inessential.
What part of speech is advene?
Advene is a verb.
What is the past tense of advene?
The past tense of advene is advened.

Words near advene in the dictionary

  1. advectitious
  2. advective
  3. advectively
  4. advects
  5. advehent
  6. advene
  7. advened
  8. advenement
  9. advenements
  10. advenes
  11. advenience

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