supervene
verb
Forms supervenes supervening supervened
- verb (intransitive) To follow (something) closely, either as a consequence or in contrast.
- verb To supersede.
- verb To be dependent on an earlier event.
- verb (philosophy, followed by on) To be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation.
- verb To occur as an interruption or change to an existing situation.
Etymology
From Latin supervenīre (“come over or upon, overtake”), from super (“above”) + veniō (“come”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb 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.
Etymology [L. supervenire, superventum, to come over, to come upon; super over + venire to come. See Super-, and Come, and cf. Overcome.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “supervene”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details