What does "evene" mean?

To occur; to happen; to come to pass.

What is a synonym for "evene"?

Common synonyms include: betide, come to pass, eventuate, go on, hap, happen.

Evene

//ɪˈviːn// verb

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Verb

1
To occur; to happen; to come to pass. obsolete
"1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two). What would evene, if an eagle that is carried by the course of the wind, should let a stone fall from its talons."

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betide come to pass eventuate go on hap happen

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"1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two). What would evene, if an eagle that is carried by the course of the wind, should let a stone fall from its talons."

Etymology

From Latin ēveniō (“happen, fall out, come out”), from ē (“out of, from”) (short form of ex) + veniō (“come”).

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