|süpə(r)|vēn verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin supervenire to come upon, come in addition, from super- + venire to come — more at come
intransitive verb
: to take place after or late in the course of something else as an additional, adventitious, or unlooked-for development with intervening or countering effect
what generally spoils long novels is the untimely supervening creative fatigue — Arnold Bennett
an event supervened that brought disaster to my uncle's family — George Santayana
transitive verb
: to supervene upon : follow after : supersede
the new development is further supervened the following year — H.M.Muncheryan
Synonyms: see follow