— supervenience /sooh'peuhr veen"yeuhns/ , supervention /sooh'peuhr ven"sheuhn/ , n. — supervenient /sooh'peuhr veen"yeuhnt/ , adj.
/sooh'peuhr veen"/ , v.i. , supervened, supervening .
1. to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes fol. by on or upon ).
2. to ensue.
[ 1640-50; supervenire, equiv. to super- SUPER- + venire to COME ]