To come or occur as something extraneous, additional, or unexpected.
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To follow immediately after; ensue.
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(philosophy) To be dependent on a set of facts or properties in such a way that change can occur only after change has occurred in those facts or properties.
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To come or happen as something extraneous or unexpected.
(philosophy) To be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation.
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Origin of supervene
Latin supervenīresuper-super-venīreto comegwā- in Indo-European roots
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American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From LatinsupervenÄ«re, present active infinitive of superveniō (“come over or upon, overtake"), from super (“above") + veniō (“come").
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Supervene Sentence Examples
It has also been claimed that modal truths supervene on non-modal ones, and that general truths supervene on non-modal ones, and that general truths supervene on particular truths.
If the access of oxygen to a protoplast is interfered with its normal respiration soon ceases, but frequently other changes supervene.
At this stage collapse may set in, the patient become faint, the limbs twitch, the radical pulse become imperceptible, and unconsciousness supervene.
Accompanying the pain there is more or less of nausea, and when the attack reaches its height vomiting may occur, after which relief comes, especially if sleep supervene.
Or, perhaps, social properties supervene on the properties of individuals.