AVENANT ADJ. 1. convenient, suitable, agreeable ...c1300 obs. 2. handsome, comely, graceful; pleasant ...1340 obs. NOUN that which suits one; convenience, purpose ...c1400 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Old French avenant, present participle of avenir (to arrive, happen, succeed, to suit, befit, become), from Latin advenīre (to come, to arrive, to reach), from ad- (to) + venīre (to come) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE c1300 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Anothir folk ther is, stronge men and foule They buth long, and blak, and lokith as an houle. They no haveth camayle, no olifaunt, No kow, no hors, avenaunt. On hand they creoputh, at o word, They n'ul have non othir lord..." From: Kyng Alisaunder (A long and sophisticated thirteenth century romance poem, written in Middle English, about the life of Alexander the Great)
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