Unto the first of these, the considerations of the original of the soul, whether it be native or adventive, and how far it is exempted from laws of matter, and of the immortality thereof, and many other points, do appertain: which have been not more laboriously inquired than variously reported; so as the travail therein taken seemeth to have been rather in a maze than in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Advancement of Learning] Reference

Medicine, Botany, added from without; not essential; accidental; casual; acquired; adventive. adj., n.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

Unto the first of these, the considerations of the original of the soul, whether it be native or adventive, and how far it is exempted from laws of matter, and of the immortality thereof, and many other points, do appertain: which have been not more laboriously inquired than variously reported; so as the travail therein taken seemeth to have been rather in a maze than in a way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Advancement of Learning] Reference