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evene

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ɪˈviːn/

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verb

Meaning 1

To occur; to happen; to come to pass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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