sovvenire

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to help, to assist
  2. (intransitive) to provide [with a ‘for someone's needs’], to assist (with someone's needs)
  3. (intransitive, uncommon) to provide help [with a ‘to someone’]
  4. (intransitive, literary) to occur (to someone), to come to mind

Etymology

From Latin subvenīre (“to come to mind, occur to”).

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