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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

evene en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɪˈviːn/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To 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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
evening Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
evenes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
evened Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
evened Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

event

Synonyms

come to pass · occur · transpire