pervention

English

Etymology

From Latin perventio, from pervenio.

Noun

pervention (plural perventions)

1. (archaic) A coming or arrival; advent
   • 1658, Thomas Hall, A Practical and Polemical Commentary‎^[1]:

     yet in respect of inchoation, intention and purpose, though not in respect of pervention and full obtaining that purpose, we are called perfect.

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost‎^[2]:

     So pondering, and from his armed peers / Forth stepping opposite, half way he met / His daring foe, at this pervention more / Incens'd, and thus securely him defy'd.

Anagrams

• prevention, provenient