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has supervened

  • present perfect of supervene (3rd person singular).

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The two younger have been mothers, and in both insanity has supervened on childbearing. 7th.—J.

From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John

I suppose rheumatism has supervened upon the injured nerve.

From Yesterdays with Authors by Fields, James T.

As is the case with dyspepsia, so here likewise patients seldom present themselves for treatment unless some definite secondary pathological condition has supervened.

From The Electric Bath by Schweig, George M.

Gnosticism has supervened upon the rudimental childhood of spiritual truth.

From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Adams, Nehemiah

Civil war has supervened, the slaves are being freed, sugar is no longer a bonanza, and the rich man of yesterday is the bankrupt of to-day.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray

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