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advening

advening is the present participle and gerund of advene.

Meaning of advene

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.

Questions about advening

What is advening the present participle and gerund of?
Advening is the present participle and gerund of advene.

Words near advening in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: advening (page history and authors); advene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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