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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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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