supervene
verb (used without object)
to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on orupon ).
supervening
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present participleof supervene.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, the attorney general’s job, at times, is to tell the president “no” because of the supervening demands of the law.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2017
There she died last Friday evening, having improved in her cardiac symptoms, but pneumonia supervening a week ago.
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James
And such is matter, which my its nature is ever averse from the supervening irradiations of form.
From An Essay on the Beautiful From the Greek of Plotinus by Thomas Taylor
And since besides the essential perfection which a being has by virtue of its substantial form it may have accidental perfections by reason of supervening accidental forms, these, too, are formal causes.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
Her child became emaciated; and diarrhœa supervening, my professional services were required.
From Remarks on the Subject of Lactation by Edward Morton
