evene

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈviːn/

Verb

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

  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.

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