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supervene Definition

su·per·vene (so̵̅o̅′pər vēn′)

intransitive verb -·vened′, -·ven′·ing

  1. to come or happen as something extraneous or unexpected
  2. to take place; ensue

Etymology: L supervenire, to come over or upon, follow < super- (see super-) + venire, to come

supervene Related Forms

su′·per·ven′·ient (-vēn′yənt) adjective su′·per·ven′·tion (-ven′s̸hən) noun or su′·per·ven′·ience-vēn′yəns

supervene Synonyms

supervene

v.

ensue, issue, take place, occur; see happen 2.

supervene Usage Examples

Object

  • event: The minimum delay between the original order and the supervening event was calculated to be 20 months, the maximum over 2 years.
  • set: They are supervenience theses that take the supervening set A to be the identity facts for particular entities of whatever kind is in question.
  • incapacity: However, the supervening mental incapacity of the donor of the power automatically revoked that power.
  • fault: Hence we have taken the Law Commissionâs recommendations on omissions and supervening fault, and included them in our draft Bill.

Preposition: on

  • property: Or, perhaps, social properties supervene on the properties of individuals.
  • fact: Suppose we found out that facts about the distribution of gases on the moons of Jupiter supervened directly on facts about our minds.
  • one: It has also been claimed that modal truths supervene on non-modal ones, and that general truths supervene on particular truths.

Preposition: with

necessity: First, on the assumption that there are negative properties, every property F will supervene with logical necessity on its complement not- F.

Modifying Another Word

  • globally: This definition guarantees that A globally supervenes on B.
  • not: But being a sibling does not supervene on being a brother.
  • strongly: It follows that B -properties fail to strongly supervene on A -properties.

Preposition: upon

concept: It follows that causality does not supervene upon the non-causal concepts, including lawhood.