eventualizev.
/ᵻˈvɛn(t)ʃʊəlʌɪz/, /ᵻˈvɛn(t)ʃᵿlʌɪz/, /ᵻˈvɛn(t)ʃl̩ʌɪz/, /ᵻˈvɛntjʊəlʌɪz/, /ᵻˈvɛntjᵿlʌɪz/, U.S. /əˈvɛn(t)ʃ(əw)əˌlaɪz/, /iˈvɛn(t)ʃ(əw)əˌlaɪz/ intransitive. To take place, occur; to come into being; to materialize. Cf. eventuate v. 3.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > come into perceptible existence or materialize [verb (intransitive)]
sprout1563
eventualize1853
materialize1885
1853 T. Bailey Ann. Notts. III. 1222 All those higher, nobler, and purer exercises of thought and will, which shall eventualize, so far as the nature of man will admit, in the perfectability of those great social and political institutions of the country.
1908 Practitioner Sept. 480 The projected Institute of Medical Sciences might have covered the ground if it had, as the Americans say, ‘eventualised’.
1963 Financial Times 3 July 17/5 The Clyde Tunnel has eventualised years later than Glasgow Corporation desired.
2016 J. Kent Community Action & Climate Change i. 8 The promise of a global environmental justice movement around climate change has so far failed to eventualize.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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