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单词 postvenant
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postvenantn.

Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: post- prefix, French venant.
Etymology: < post- prefix + French venant, present participle of venir to come (see venue n.). Compare earlier postvene v. and postventional adj.
Obsolete.
That which comes after or follows; a consequence.Apparently an isolated use.
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1876 W. G. Ward in Dublin Rev. July 68 We think it will be satisfactory if we use the word..‘postvenant’ to denote what he calls ‘effect’.
1880 Mind 5 119 He [sc. Ward] gives the designations ‘prevenant’ and ‘postvenant’ to express cause and effect.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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