eventuate

verb
/ɪˈvɛntjuːeɪt/UK

Etymology

American English, from Latin ēventu(s) (“an event, happening”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), perhaps modeled after actuate.

Definitions

  1. To have a given result

    To have a given result; to turn out (well, badly etc.); to result in.

    • Enoch Powell appeared to insult the memory of Dr. King by making a speech warning that “colored” immigration to Britain would eventuate in bloodshed.
    • These efforts would eventuate in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, yet another piece of legislation that struck at a principle of the New Deal order.
  2. To happen as a result

    To happen as a result; to come about.

    • Reconciliation cannot eventuate or materialise until the proper legal procedures have been followed, that is without interference from external forces.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA