eventuate

eventuate [ih-ven-choo-eyt] ExamplesWord Origin verb (used without object), e·ven·tu·at·ed, e·ven·tu·at·ing.

1. to have issue; result.
2. to be the issue or outcome; come about.

Origin of eventuate 1780–90; Americanism; Latin ēventu(s) event + -ate1 Related formse·ven·tu·a·tion, noun Related Words for eventuated end, terminate, stop, ensue, befall, result, follow, happen, issue, occur Examples from the Web for eventuated Historical Examples of eventuated

Had it eventuated in failure, its leader would have been pronounced a pirate and filibuster.

Aztec Land

Maturin M. Ballou

Then, late in the afternoon, there eventuated that which he had anticipated.

The Crevice

William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander

After that, I don’t remember what eventuated—not quite so clear.

Yellowstone Nights

Herbert Quick

In the sequel Mrs. Brownrigg eventuated, in the place of Miss Caldecott.

It Never Can Happen Again

William De Morgan

Well, to make a long story short; how do you think it eventuated, Squire?

The Attache

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

British Dictionary definitions for eventuated eventuate verb (intr)

1. (often foll by in) to result ultimately (in)
2. to come about as a resultfamine eventuated from the crop failure

Derived Formseventuation, noun Word Origin and History for eventuated eventuate v.

1789, from Latin eventus, past participle of eventire (see event).