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ContraveningContravene Con`tra*vene", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contravened;
p. pr. & vb. n. Contravening.] [LL. contravenire; L. contra
+ venire to come: cf. F. contrevenir. See Come.]
1. To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict
with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation
of; to defeat.
So plain a proposition . . . was not likely to be
contravened. --Southey.
2. To violate; to nullify; to be inconsistent with; as, to
contravene a law.
Laws that place the subjects in such a state
contravene the first principles of the compact of
authority. --Johnson.
Syn: To contradict; set aside; nullify; defeat; cross;
obstruct; baffle; thwart. EveningEvening E"ven*ing, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf.
Eve.]
1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
the sum.
In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that
usher evening rose. --Milton.
Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. ``Evening
Prayer.' --Shak.
Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
(Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird
(Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the
western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
also evening stars. See Morning Star. EveningEven E"ven, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Evening]
1. To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.
His temple Xerxes evened with the soil. --Sir. W.
Raleigh.
It will even all inequalities --Evelyn.
2. To equal [Obs.] ``To even him in valor.' --Fuller.
3. To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a
state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance,
as accounts; to make quits. --Shak.
4. To set right; to complete.
5. To act up to; to keep pace with. --Shak. Evening flowerEvening E"ven*ing, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf.
Eve.]
1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
the sum.
In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that
usher evening rose. --Milton.
Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. ``Evening
Prayer.' --Shak.
Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
(Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird
(Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the
western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
also evening stars. See Morning Star. Evening grosbeakEvening E"ven*ing, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf.
Eve.]
1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
the sum.
In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that
usher evening rose. --Milton.
Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. ``Evening
Prayer.' --Shak.
Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
(Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird
(Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the
western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
also evening stars. See Morning Star. Evening primrosePrimrose Prim"rose`, n. [OE. primerole, F. primerole, a
derivative fr. LL. primula, from L. primus first. See
Prime, a.] (Bot.)
(a) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P.
vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are
several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the
yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole,
primerolles.
(b) Any plant of the genus Primula.
Evening primrose, an erect biennial herb (Enothera
biennis), with yellow vespertine flowers, common in the
United States. The name is sometimes extended to other
species of the same genus.
Primrose peerless, the two-flowered Narcissus (N.
biflorus). [Obs.] Evening primroseEvening E"ven*ing, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf.
Eve.]
1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
the sum.
In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that
usher evening rose. --Milton.
Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. ``Evening
Prayer.' --Shak.
Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
(Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird
(Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the
western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
also evening stars. See Morning Star. HeaveningHeaven Heav"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heavened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Heavening.]
To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify.
[R.]
We are happy as the bird whose nest Is heavened in the
hush of purple hills. --G. Massey. LeaveningLeaven Leav"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leavened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Leavening.]
1. To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to
ferment.
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. --1 Cor.
v. 6.
2. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
With these and the like deceivable doctrines, he
leavens also his prayer. --Milton. Leavening
Leavening Leav"en*ing, n.
1. The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means
of leaven.
2. That which leavens or makes light. --Bacon.
RaveningRaven Rav"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ravening.] [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
1. To obtain or seize by violence. --Hakewill.
2. To devoir with great eagerness.
Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. --Shak. Ravening
Ravening Rav"en*ing, n.
Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. --Luke xi. 39.
RaveningRavening Rav"en*ing, a.
Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. --
Rav"en*ing*ly, adv. RaveninglyRavening Rav"en*ing, a.
Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. --
Rav"en*ing*ly, adv. SubveningSubvene Sub*vene", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Subvened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Subvening.] [Pref. sub- + L. venire to come. See
Subvention.]
To come under, as a support or stay; to happen.
A future state must needs subvene to prevent the whole
edifice from falling into ruin. --Bp.
Warburton. SuperveningSupervene Su`per*vene", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Supervened; p.
pr. & vb. n. Supervening.] [L. supervenire, superventum, to
come over, to come upon; super over + venire to come. See
Super-, and Come, and cf. Overcome.]
To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with
reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or
after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen.
Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter
unless impressed by divine power. --Bentley.
A tyrany immediately supervened. --Burke. SurveningSurvene Sur*vene", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Survened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Survening.] [F. survenir. See Supervene.]
To supervene upon; to come as an addition to. [Obs.]
A suppuration that survenes lethargies. --Harvey. The evening starEvening E"ven*ing, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf.
Eve.]
1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
the sum.
In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that
usher evening rose. --Milton.
Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. ``Evening
Prayer.' --Shak.
Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
(Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird
(Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the
western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
also evening stars. See Morning Star. Yester-evening
Yestereve Yes"ter*eve`, Yester-evening Yes"ter-e`ven*ing, n.
The evening of yesterday; the evening last past.
Meaning of Vening from wikipedia
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Vene may
refer to:
Pterocarpus erinaceus, tree
native to West
Africa commonly known as
vène Siim-Sander
Vene (born 1990),
Estonian basketball player for...
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Jeffrey T.
Freymueller "
Vening Meinesz Medal".
Awards & medals,
European Geosciences Union (EGU). Vlaar,
Nicolaas Jacob (1966).
Vening Meinesz, a
Pioneer in...
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continental drift. He was a
Fellow of the
Royal Society.
Vening Meinesz's father,
Sjoerd Anne
Vening Meinesz, was mayor,
first of Rotterdam, then of Amsterdam...
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Vénès (French pronunciation: [
venɛs]; Occitan:
Venés) is a
commune in the Tarn
department in
southern France. The
commune is
traversed by the
river Dadou...
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Vening Meinesz W, and
attached along the
northeast is
Vening Meinesz C. The
crater was
named after Dutch geophysicist and
geodesist Felix A.
Vening Meinesz...
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Richard Stephen Venes (12
March 1885 – 10 June 1959) was an
English cricketer.
Venes was a right-handed
batsman who
bowled leg
break googly. He was born...
- Joan
Venes was a neurosurgeon. She
helped to
develop the
practice of
neurosurgery in children.
Venes was born on June 27, 1935. She was
raised in a blue-collar...
- Siim-Sander
Vene (born 12
November 1990) is an
Estonian professional basketball player for San
Pablo Burgos of the LEB Oro.
Standing at 2.03 m (6 ft 8...
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Vene (Finnish: Boat) is a
Finnish language boating magazine based in Helsinki, Finland. The
magazine is
owned by
Otava Media and
published by Otavamedia...
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concept was
further developed in the 1950s by the
Dutch geodesist Vening Meinesz.
Three prin****l
models of
isostasy are used: The Airy–Heiskanen...
