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   Su·per·vene

   /ˌso͞opərˈvēn/

   

   verb

   • 1. occur later than a specified or implied event or action, typically in such a way as to change the situation: "he had appendicitis and as complications supervened, refrained from work for months"
   • ▪ (of a fact or property) be entailed by or consequent on the existence or establishment of another: "the view that mental events supervene upon physical ones"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin supervenire, from super- ‘in addition’ + venire ‘come’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. supervention noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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