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subvened

subvened


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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