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Webster 1913 Edition
Adventist
Ad′vent-ist
,Noun.
One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look for the proximate personal coming of Christ; – called also
Second Adventists
. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
To things of great dimensions, if we annex an
adventitious
idea of terror, they become without comparison greater. Burke.
2.
(Nat. Hist.)
Out of the proper or usual place;
as,
. adventitious
buds or roots3.
(Bot.)
Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; – applied to foreign plants.
4.
(Med.)
Acquired, as diseases; not hereditary.
AS
– Adˊven-ti′tious-ly
, adv.
Adˊven-ti′tious-ness
, Noun.