supervene
verb (used without object)
to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on orupon ).
supervened
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past participleof supervene.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof supervene.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
superveneverb (used without object)to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on orupon ).
Example Sentences
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There were cases, however, whose prognosis seemed good but where death supervened suddenly.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the weeks of frost that had supervened there were still traces in the ice of that midnight tragedy.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
Diarrhoea supervened and the patient died about midnight.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Financial distress supervened, and the popular discontent culminated in revolution.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
While the treasury was deliberating, a new postmaster general supervened, who was quite prepared to face the idea of colonial postal systems over which he ceased to have control.
From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Sir William Smith
