SUPERVENE


Meaning of SUPERVENE in English

|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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.