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Webster 1913 Edition
Supervene
Suˊper-vene′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Supervened
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Supervening
.] [L.
supervenire
, superventum
, to come over, to come upon; super
over + venire
to come. See Super-
, and Come
, and cf. Overcome
.] To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen.
Such a mutual gravitation can never
supervene
to matter unless impressed by divine power. Bentley.
A tyrany immediately
supervened
. Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Supervene
SUPERVE'NE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To come upon as something extraneous. Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter, unless impressed by divine power.
2.
To come upon; to happen to.