Supervene

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Supervene \Su`per*vene"\, v. 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.
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           Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter
           unless impressed by divine power.        --Bentley.
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           A tyrany immediately supervened.         --Burke.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  supervene
       v : take place as an additional or unexpected development