Supervened
[,sju:pə'vi:nd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Supervene
Editor: Olaf
Examples
- Old Sedley's lingering illness and death supervened, after which a meeting was for some time impossible. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There were faint sounds from the wood, but no disturbance, no possible disturbance, the world was under a strange ban, a new mystery had supervened. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A bad harvest supervened. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Thus a few ghostly moments supervened, when they were all confusedly staring without knowing why. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The priest came to your succour, and the physician, as we have seen, supervened. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But, as I have said, a change supervened. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Olaf