verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To accede or to come to; to be superadded to, to be added to something or become a part of it, though inessential. rare

Etymology

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

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