supervene
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intransitive verb \ˌsü-pər-ˈvēn\su·per·venedsu·per·ven·ing
Definition of SUPERVENE
: to follow or result as an additional, adventitious, or unlooked-for development
— su·per·ven·tion \-ˈven(t)-shən\ noun
Examples of SUPERVENE
- They had a quiet, happy life until the war supervened.
- <it was not the slow-spreading cancer that caused his death but a supervening heart attack>
Origin of SUPERVENE
Latin supervenire, from super- + venire to come — more at come
First Known Use: circa 1648
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su·per·vene
intransitive verb \ˌsü-pər-ˈvēn\ (Medical Dictionary)su·per·vened; su·per·ven·ing
Medical Definition of SUPERVENE
: to follow or result as an additional, adventitious, or unlooked-for development (as in the course of a disease) <the majority of patients die once this complication supervenes—Scientific American Medicine>
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