Category:Supervene

Su`per*vene", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Supervened; p. pr. & vb. n. Supervening.] Etym: [l. supervenire, superventum, to come over, to Come upon; super over + venire to come. See super-, and come, and cf. Overcome.]

Defn: 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. Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unless Impressed by divine power. Bentley. A tyrany immediately supervened. Burke.