Adventitiousness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  adventitious \ad`ven*ti"tious\ ([a^]d`v[e^]n*t[i^]sh"[u^]s), a.
     [L. adventitius.]
     1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent.
  
     Syn: accidental; casual; incidental; additional;
          supervenient; foreign.


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                To things of great dimensions, if we annex an
                adventitious idea of terror, they become without
                comparison greater.                 --Burke.
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     2. (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as,
        adventitious buds or roots.
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     3. (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country
        or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied
        to foreign plants.
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     4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; not hereditary. --AS
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     5. (Med.) Occurring in an unusual place or arising from an
        external source. --Stedman 25
        [PC] -- {Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly}, adv. --
        {Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness}, n.
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