supervene
verb (used without object)
to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on orupon ).
have supervened
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present perfectof supervene.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He must have had intense irritation of the brain, and some shock must have supervened to bring him to the state in which I find him.
From The French Prisoners of Norman Cross A Tale by Rev. Arthur Brown
These are also, if evolution is to be accepted, the earliest processes upon which all others have supervened and out of which, as it were, they have grown.
From Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion by George Santayana
What changes have supervened it is difficult to realize.
From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by William Henry Sparks
The tropical water was warm, or numbness would have supervened, and claimed its victim long before the day should dawn upon the face of the deep; and, realising this too, again he felt thankful.
From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford
Hence inflammatory sore throat, rheumatism, and some other complaints of the kind, when once they have supervened, are very apt to recur.
From Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease by Thomas Garnett
