"subvene" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: subvenes [present, singular, third-person], subvening [participle, present], subvened [participle, past], subvened [past]
Etymology: From Latin subveniō (“come to the aid of”), from sub (“under, up towards”) + veniō (“come”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}, {{uder|en|la|subveniō||come to the aid of}} Latin subveniō (“come to the aid of”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-subvene-en-verb-JqXslxKX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51
  2. (transitive, rare) To subsidize or defray. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-subvene-en-verb-xbYiy6nS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58

Inflected forms

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