eventuate

[ih-ven-choo-eyt]

verb (used without object), e·ven·tu·at·ed, e·ven·tu·at·ing.

to have issue; result.
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

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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)

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

Derived Formseventuation, noun

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Word Origin and History for eventuated

eventuate

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