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subvene
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Subvene \Sub*vene"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Subvened; p. pr. & vb. n. Subvening.] [Pref. sub- + L. venire to come. See Subvention.] To come under, as a support or stay; to happen.
A future state must needs subvene to prevent the whole
edifice from falling into ruin.
--Bp.
Warburton.
Wiktionary
vb. (context intransitive English) To arrive or happen so as to help or support
Usage examples of "subvene".
And as he entered the modest foyer, which was a pleasant but nevertheless gently jolting contrast to those of the chain-store caravanserais to which he had latterly become accustomed, the Saint had been musing on the stupendous changes that had subvened in the two-and-a-half decades since the missing major had last been heard from.
If Kapur could determine the goals of the Snowmen, then those objectives could be subvened to serve human purposes.