evene

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/ɪˈviːn/

verb

To occur; to happen; to come to pass.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

verbevene (third-person singular simple present evenes, present participle evening, simple past and past participle evened)

present singular third person evenes · participle present evening · participle past evened · past evened

  1. obsoleteTo occur; to happen; to come to pass.

    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.

    Synonyms: come to pass, occur, transpire

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo occur; to happen; to come to pass.

Origin

  1. Latinēveniō“happen, fall out, come out”
  2. Englishevene

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

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Chicago

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