Emily Dickinson Lexicon

E-VENT', n. [L. eventus, evenio; e and venio, to come; Fr. evenement; It. and Sp. evento; Ar. فَانَ faina. Class Bn, No. 21.]

1. That which comes, arrives or happens; that which falls out; any incident good or bad. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked. Eccles. ix.
2. The consequence of any thing; the issue; conclusion; end; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations terminates. The event of the campaign was to bring about a negatiation for peace.