单词 | eventuate |
释义 | eventuatev. 1. transitive. To bring about. ΚΠ 1697 T. Manlove Immortality of Soul Asserted To Rdr. sig. a5 Do they think..that God is too good to eventuate the Eternal Misery of any Being? 1839 Globe (Washington, D.C.) 10 Sept. The country was deceived by a bloated, false and hollow show of wealth, which has periodically eventuated the fatal and ruinous checks. 1873 Sanitarian Oct. 324 We are therefore encouraged to continue our elucidations with the hope of abating existing evils, and eventuating a healthy system. 1946 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 7 53 These problems constitute the principal content of all the trends of ideas which eventuated the French Revolution. 2006 E. Raymond From My Cold, Dead Hands viii. 309 The bohemian values that had been percolating quietly since the end of the nineteenth century exploded in the 1960s and eventuated a number of important movements. 2. intransitive. Originally U.S. To have a specified result or outcome; to turn out in a specified way; to result in. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > turn out goOE farec1230 to come to proofc1330 shape1338 afarec1380 achievea1393 falla1398 sort1477 succeed1541 lucka1547 to fall out1556 redound1586 to come off1590 light1612 takea1625 result1626 issue1665 to turn out1731 eventuate1787 to roll out1801 to come away1823 to work out1839 pan1865 1787 E. Randolph Let. Federal Constit. 9 This, where real power exists, must eventuate in tyranny. 1789 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 313 I am sure it is wrong, and cannot eventuate well. 1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xx. 364 The squib had eventuated, as the Yankees say..in a zigzag, or cracker. 1877 A. J. Ross Mem. A. Ewing xxxi. 536 The crisis had eventuated favourably. 1882 Japan Weekly Mail 12 Aug. 986/1 A war which, however it eventuated for his country, would at any rate afford his political enemies a fatal opportunity. 1909 Financial Times 19 Feb. 6/3 These prophecies have not always eventuated happily. 1989 Raritan Summer 125 Thomas imagines that the quantitative accretion of information may eventuate in a qualitative change. 2012 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 4 Sept. 10 Such a situation..can also leave a legacy of long-term trauma, often eventuating in lifelong illness such as post-traumatic stress. 3. intransitive. To be the result or outcome; to come about. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] followOE sue?c1225 arisec1275 fallc1300 result?a1425 ensue1483 enfollow1485 issuea1500 rebounda1500 succeed1537 terminate1613 concludea1639 depend1655 eventuate1814 ultimatec1834 come1884 translate1919 1814 Niles' Weekly Reg. 6 Aug. 387/2 We congratulate our readers on the prospect..of a more united war, if peace shall not eventuate from the meeting of our commissioners at Ghent. 1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) i. 25 If So-and-so were condemned, a schism in the National Church would eventuate. 1884 Law Times 14 June 121/1 When there was danger of a war eventuating with America. 1940 Mod. World 9 Nov. 4/2 Perhaps after this war some form of international free trade will eventuate so that one primary cause of war can be finally abolished. 1949 K. Davis Human Society xxi. 600 Age-specific fertility trends show that a stationary or a declining population will soon eventuate. 2004 Independent 21 Aug. 44/2 Malvolio..is driven off the stage, half-mad, vowing a revenge that will never eventuate. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > bring to an end or conclusion finec1300 finisha1375 concludec1430 determine1483 to wind off1650 parclose1667 to wind up1780 eventuate1816 to round out1856 mop1859 to wrap up1922 1816 L. Dow Hist. Cosmopolite (ed. 3) iv. iii. 343 Surely it is plain that the Great Being has a hand to attend, and superintend human affairs to eventuate the same. 1832 F. Trollope Refugee in Amer. xxiv. 261 But you hadn't ought to sit there, child, for to eventuate my story: I must tell you, that you are to be off the day after to-morrow. 1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. xxii. 141 Yes, (to eventuate my story) it did me good. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1697 |
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