v. [a. Mfr. adven-ir, common spelling of avenir:—L. advenīre to come to, f. ad to + venīre to come.]
1. intr. To accede or come (to); to be superadded, as part of something, though not essential.
1606. Owen, Epigr., II. 95 (1677) (Nares).
| Venus (saith one) spontan’ous doth advene | |
| Unt’ all things. |
1651. N. Biggs, New Dispens., § 229. 166. But a momentary help is that, which advenes by phlebotomy.
1726. Ayliffe, Parerg., 148. The accidental of any act, is said to be whatever advenes to the act itself already substantiated.
1820–30. Coleridge, Rem. (1836), III. 19. Where no act of the will advenes as a co-efficient.
2. trans. To come to, reach.
1839. J. Rogers, Antipopopr., Introd. § 25. The extremity whereof I have not arrived at or advened.
