supervene
verb (used without object)
to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on orupon ).
was supervening
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past progressiveof supervene.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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His feeling of intense enmity to Dockwrath was beginning to wear away, and one of modified friendship for the whole family was supervening.
From Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope
I could hardly make my way at all, for a strange sort of delirium was supervening.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat
