supervene

American  

[soo-per-veen] / ˌsu pərˈvin /

verb (used without object)

supervened, supervening

1. to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on orupon ).

2. to ensue.

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supervene British  

/ ˌsuːpəˈviːn, ˌsuːpəˈvɛnʃən /

verb

1. to follow closely; ensue

2. to occur as an unexpected or extraneous development

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Other Word Forms

• supervenience
  noun
• supervenient
  adjective
• supervention
  noun

Etymology

Origin of supervene

1640–50; < Latin supervenīre, equivalent to super- super- + venīre to come

Example Sentences

According to Murchison, paralysis does not supervene until several weeks after the commencement of convalescence.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

This will go on for months, or even for years, and recoveries occasionally take place, while in other cases, and especially when the conditions of life are bad, acute glanders supervene.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

And she slowly waved her parasol round the horizon as though defying a "feature" to supervene from any point of the compass.

From Mariquita A Novel by Ayscough, John

And one and all--Arthur Wolfe even reluctantly consenting--admitted that stringent measures were imperative, or anarchy would surely supervene.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

In some cases the symptoms of cerebral disturbance are greater in degree, and in these coma may soon supervene upon delirium.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various