supervene

== English == === Etymology === From Latin supervenīre (“come over or upon, overtake”), from super (“above”) + veniō (“come”). === Verb === supervene (third-person singular simple present supervenes, present participle supervening, simple past and past participle supervened) (intransitive) To follow (something) closely, either as a consequence or in contrast. To supersede. To be dependent on an earlier event. (philosophy, followed by on) To be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation. To occur as an interruption or change to an existing situation. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “supervene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “supervene”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “supervene”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “supervene”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.