eventuate
verb (used without object)
to have issue; result.
had eventuated
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past perfectof eventuate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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My dreams of affluence had eventuated in nothing; my hard work had been thrown away.
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
When I reached Sydney I found this had eventuated, and as the House was in recess, I proposed visiting my electorate, but was prevented doing so because of the heavy floods stopping all traffic.
From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by W. H. (William Henry) Corfield
The blacksmithing to which he had referred was the act of sitting down beside the forge, where he had grown so warm that the sequel to mending trousers with cobbler's wax had eventuated.
From Some Everyday Folk and Dawn by Miles Franklin
