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adventions

adventions is the plural of advention.

Meaning of advention

Noun

advention (plural adventions)

  1. (obsolete) 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....

Questions about adventions

What is adventions the plural of?
Adventions is the plural of advention.

Words near adventions in the dictionary

  1. adventicectomies
  2. adventicectomy
  3. adventicious
  4. adventing
  5. advention
  6. adventions
  7. adventious
  8. adventiously
  9. Adventism
  10. Adventist
  11. Adventists

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