advene

verb

ad·​vene

(ˈ)ad-¦vēn

-ed/-ing/-s

intransitive verb

: to become added to something or become a part of it

transitive verb

: to come to or reach

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin advenīre "to come to, arrive, reach" (Medieval Latin also "to accrue, be added"), from ad- ad- + venīre "to come"

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

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