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subvenes

subvenes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of subvene.

Meaning of subvene

Verb

subvene (third-person singular simple present subvenes, present participle subvening, simple past and past participle subvened)

  1. (intransitive) To arrive or happen so as to help or support.
    • A future state must needs subvene to prevent the whole edifice from falling into ruin.1738–1741, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II.1, or II.2), London: […] Fletcher Gyles, […], →OCLC
  2. (rare, transitive) To subsidize or defray.

Questions about subvenes

What is subvenes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Subvenes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of subvene.

Words near subvenes in the dictionary

  1. subvelocity
  2. subvendor
  3. subvendors
  4. subvene
  5. subvened
  6. subvenes
  7. subvening
  8. subvent
  9. subventaneous
  10. subvented
  11. subventing

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