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Webster 1913 Edition


Superadvenient

Suˊper-ad-ven′ient

,
Adj.
Coming upon; coming in addition to, or in assistance of, something.
[R.]
He has done bravely by the
superadvenient
assistance of his God.
Dr. H. More.

Webster 1828 Edition


Superadvenient

SUPERADVE'NIENT

,
Adj.
[L. superadveniens.]
1.
Coming upon; coming to the increase or assistance of something.
When a man has done bravely by the superadvenient assistance of his God--
2.
Coming unexpectedly. [This word is little used.]

Definition 2024


superadvenient

superadvenient

English

Adjective

superadvenient (comparative more superadvenient, superlative most superadvenient)

  1. Coming upon; coming to the increase or assistance of something.
  2. Coming unexpectedly.
    • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 56:
      "And therefore all things are in some measure obscure and intricate, that the sedulity of that divine Spark, the Soul of Man, may have matter of conquest and triumph, when he has done bravely by a superadvenient assistance of his God."