supervene
[ soo-per-veen ]
/ ˌsu pərˈvin /
verb (used without object), su·per·vened, su·per·ven·ing.
to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
to ensue.
RELATED WORDS
accidental, accompanying, adscititious, adventitious, ancillary, attendant, casual, chance, circumstantial, coincidental, concomitant, concurrent, contingent, contributory, fluke, fortuitous, irregular, nonessential, occasional, odd
Nearby words
- supertitle,
- supertitles,
- supertonic,
- supertruck,
- superunification,
- supervenient,
- supervention,
- supervise,
- supervision,
- supervision order
Origin of supervene
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supervenient
/ (ˌsuːpəˈviːnɪənt) /
adjective
supervening
philosophy (of a property) inseparable from the other properties of something. Two objects may be identical except that one is red and the other not, but they cannot be identical except that one is beautiful and the other not; beauty is thus a supervenient property
supervene
/ (ˌsuːpəˈviːn) /
verb (intr)
to follow closely; ensue
to occur as an unexpected or extraneous development
Word Origin for supervene
C17: from Latin supervenīre to come upon, from super- + venīre to come
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supervene
1590s (implied in supervenient), from Latin supervenire "come on top of," from super "over, upon" (see super-) + venire "come" (see venue).
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