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supervene

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Verb (intransitive)
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb supervene has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

supervenev. i. [L. supervenire, superventum, to come over, to come upon; super over + venire to come. See Super-, and Come, and cf. Overcome.].
     To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen.  [1913 Webster]
    "Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unless impressed by divine power."  [1913 Webster]
    "A tyrany immediately supervened."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

supervene, v.intr. occur as an interruption in or a change from some state.

Derivative
supervenient adj. supervention n.
Etymology
L supervenire supervent- (as SUPER-, venire come)

ROGET THESAURUS

supervene

Addition

VB add, annex, affix, superadd, subjoin, superpose, clap on, saddle on, tack to, append, tag, ingraft, saddle with, sprinkle, introduce, insert, become added, accrue, advene, supervene, reinforce, reenforce, restrengthen, swell the ranks of, augment.

Posteriority

VB follow after, come after, go after, succeed, supervene, ensue, occur, step into the shoes of.

Eventuality

VB happen, occur, take place, take effect, come, become of, come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on, pass, present itself, fall, fall out, turn out, run, be on foot, fall in, befall, betide, bechance, prove, eventuate, draw on, turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up, supervene, survene, issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course, pass off, meet with, experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to, fall to the lot of, be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot, find, endure.

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