About The Word Supervene
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Supervene
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What's The Definition Of Supervene?
[v] take place as an additional or unexpected development
Synonyms | Synonyms for Supervene: Related Terms | Find terms related to Supervene: See Also | come about | go on | hap | happen | occur | pass | pass off | take place Supervene In Webster's Dictionary \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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