Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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ADVENTI'TIOUS, adjective [Latin adventitius, from advenio. See Advent.]
Added extrinsically; accidental; not essentially inherent; casual; foreign.
Diseases of continuance get an adventitious strength from custom.
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