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advenient

advenient adjective: caused by outside forces; coming from without; external, additional.

Adjective

advenient (comparative more advenient, superlative most advenient)

  1. (archaic) Caused by outside forces; coming from without; external, additional.
    • Lastly, being thus divided from truth in themselves, they are yet farther removed by advenient deception.1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3

Forms of advenient

comparativemore advenient
superlativemost advenient

Origin of advenient

From the present participle of Latin advenīre.

Words formed from advenient

Questions about advenient

What does advenient mean?
Advenient means caused by outside forces; coming from without; external, additional.
What part of speech is advenient?
Advenient is an adjective.

Words near advenient in the dictionary

  1. advened
  2. advenement
  3. advenements
  4. advenes
  5. advenience
  6. advenient
  7. advening
  8. advent
  9. Advent Bay
  10. Advent calendar
  11. Advent calendars

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