'Supervene' definitions:
Definition of 'supervene'
From: WordNet
verb
Take place as an additional or unexpected development
Definition of 'Supervene'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unless impressed by divine power. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
- A tyrany immediately supervened. --Burke. [1913 Webster]