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Webster 1913 Edition


Supervene

Suˊper-vene′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Supervened
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Supervening
.]
[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.
Such a mutual gravitation can never
supervene
to matter unless impressed by divine power.
Bentley.
A tyrany immediately
supervened
.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Supervene

SUPERVE'NE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. supervenio; super and venio.]
1.
To come upon as something extraneous.
Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter, unless impressed by divine power.
2.
To come upon; to happen to.

Definition 2024


supervene

supervene

English

Verb

supervene (third-person singular simple present supervenes, present participle supervening, simple past and past participle supervened)

  1. to follow something closely, either as a consequence or in contrast
  2. to supersede
  3. to be dependent on an earlier event
  4. (philosophy) to be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation.

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