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su·per·vene (sōō'pər-vēn') intr.v. su·per·vened, su·per·ven·ing, su·per·venes
[Latin supervenīre : super-, super- + venīre, to come; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.] su'per·ven'ient (-vēn'yənt) adj., su'per·ven'ience (-vēn'yəns) n., su'per·ven'tion (-věn'shən) n. |
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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. Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unless impressed by divine power. --Bentley. A tyrany immediately supervened. --Burke.
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supervene
1594 (implied in supervenient), from L. supervenire "come on top of," from super "over, upon" (see super-) + venire "come."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: su·per·vene
Pronunciation: "sü-p&r-'vEn
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: -vened; -ven·ing
: to take place after or later in the course of something else as an additional and usually unforeseeable development with intervening or countering effect
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: su·per·vene
Pronunciation: "sü-p&r-'vEn
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: -vened; -ven·ing
: to follow or result as an additional, adventitious, or unlooked-for development (as in the course of a disease)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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