advention
/ədˈvɛn.ʃən/
advention noun: an external addition.
Noun
advention (plural adventions)
- An external addition.
- Fourthly, we will note, that ſomtimes ſome Bodies conceive a burning without the advention of another fire, only by their own effervency, and by the inteſtine motion of the implanted Particles, and of their own accord are reduced into Aſhes ; […]1674, Thomas Willis, “Of the Nature of Fire: and by the way of Heat, and Light” (chapter X), in The Remaining Medical Works of That Famous and Renowned Physician Dr Thomas Willis, London: […] T....
- But the reaſon of that conſequence is, ſay they, becauſe mixts have thoſe qualities as they contain the Elements, either formally , as ſome aſſert, or virtually and eminently, as others, which in mixts are reduced into act, by the advention of the form of the mixt; […]1700, Henning Michael Herwig, “The Apendix”, in The Art of Curing Sympathetically or Magnetically, […] , London, page 107
Forms of advention
| plural | adventions |
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Origin of advention
From Medieval Latin advention (“addition”), ultimately from Latin adveniō (“to arrive”).
Words formed from advention
Words that rhyme with advention
- dimension
- intention
- tension
- pension
- indention
- intervention
- recension
- condescension
- descension
- gentian
- mention
- resuspension
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Questions about advention
- What does advention mean?
- Advention means an external addition.
- What part of speech is advention?
- Advention is a noun.
- How do you pronounce advention?
- Advention is pronounced /ədˈvɛn.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of advention?
- The plural of advention is adventions.
Words near advention in the dictionary
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