a. and sb. Obs. [f. L. advent- (ppl. stem of advenī-re, see ADVENE) + -IVE, as if ad. L. *adventīvus. Cf. preventive, inventive.]
A. adj. Used by Bacon for ADVENTITIOUS.
1605. Bacon, Adv. Learn., II. xi. § 1. The considerations of the original of the soul, whether it be natiue or adventiue. Ibid. (1626), Sylva, § 456 (1651). The Cause may be, for that Adventiue Heat doth chear up the Natiue Juyce of the Tree.
B. sb. An immigrant, a sojourner.
c. 1615. Bacon, Adv. Villiers, Wks. 1730, III. 580 (T.). That the natives be not so many, but that there may be elbow-room enough for them, and for the adventives also.
