supervene

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To follow (something) closely, either as a consequence or in contrast.

   • The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced that suppuration seemed to have supervened; bleeding, blisters, expectorants, and cathartics diminished the symptoms; the pulse continued frequent, hard, full, but always regular.
   • The taste and digestion are often depraved, anorexia, nausea, inappetence and vomiting supervene, the woman desires innutritious or disgusting food, such as chalk, cinders, putrescent animal food, […]
   • After such leave-takings, especially where something like a revelation takes place, there sometimes supervenes, I'm told, a sort of excitement before the chill and ache of separation sets in.
2. 2

   To supersede.

3. 3

   To be dependent on an earlier event.

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   1. 4

      To be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation.

      • For instance, an idiosyncratic necessitist might claim that even if a river were not spatiotemporally located, it would still be ugly or beautiful in ways that do not supervene on anything else.
   2. 5

      To occur as an interruption or change to an existing situation.

      • The best work was after Bishops Stortford, as we attained 55 m.p.h. after Stansted, and were going well up the short bank when the Elsenham permanent way check supervened.

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