Supervene
[,suːpə'viːn;,sjuː-] or ['sʊpɚ'vin]
Definition
(verb.) take place as an additional or unexpected development.
Inputed by Gustav--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) 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.
Editor: Tess
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Occur (with reference to something that precedes), happen, take place, be added, come as an accessory.
Checker: Maryann
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Happen, accrue, succeed, occur
ANT:Pass, depart, disappear, vanish
Edited by Katy
Definition
v.i. to come in addition or closely after: to occur take place.—adj. Supervē′nient coming above as something additional.—n. Superven′tion act of supervening or taking place.
Editor: Peter
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.
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