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advenir

advenir

French

Verb

advenir

  1. (impersonal, literary or poetic) to happen; to occur

Conjugation

This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way.

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin advenīre, present active infinitive of adveniō. Cf. also Old French avenir.

Verb

advenir

  1. to happen, to occur
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 67:
      Lors commença Lancelot a compter toutes les adventures qui lui estoient advenues
      Then Lancelot started to recount all the adventures that had happened to him
    • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 37:
      là où, quand ils sont beaucoup, ils descrient tous les coups le mestier, d’autant qu’il leur advient de faire plus souvent mal que bien.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin advenīre, present active infinitive of adveniō. Doublet of avenir.

Verb

advenir (first-person singular present advengo, first-person singular preterite advine, past participle advenido)

  1. (intransitive) to arrive
  2. (intransitive) to happen

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