Meaning of advention | Babel Free
/ədˈvɛn.ʃən/Definitions
An external addition.
obsolete
Examples
“Fourthly, we will note, that ſomtimes ſome Bodies conceive a burning without the advention of another fire, only by their own effervency, and by the inteſtine motion of the implanted Particles, and of their own accord are reduced into Aſhes ; […]”
“But the reaſon of that conſequence is, ſay they, becauſe mixts have thoſe qualities as they contain the Elements, either formally , as ſome aſſert, or virtually and eminently, as others, which in mixts are reduced into act, by the advention of the form of the mixt; […]”
“As likewiſe by Fulguration, and the ſad Light of her infernal Fires, which was another token of her Coming. Yet the Poets make the unuſual and ſudden Splendor of Flames to be a general Signal of the Advention of any of the Deities as well as of her.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.