supervene

  • 21supervene — /supəˈvin / (say soohpuh veen) verb (i) (supervened, supervening) 1. (sometimes followed by on or upon) to come as something additional or extraneous. 2. to ensue. {Latin supervenīre follow} –supervenience, supervention /supəˈvɛnʃən/ (say soohpuh …

  • 22supervene —   v.i. occur in addition or unexpectedly; follow close upon.    ♦ supervenient, a.    ♦ supervenience,    ♦ supervention, n …

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  • 23supervene — v.intr. occur as an interruption in or a change from some state. Derivatives: supervenient adj. supervention n. Etymology: L supervenire supervent (as SUPER , venire come) …

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  • 24supervene upon — verb take the place or move into the position of Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left the computer has supplanted the slide rule Mary replaced Susan as the team s captain and the highest ranked player in the school • Syn: ↑supplant,… …

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  • 25Supervened — Supervene Su per*vene , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Supervened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supervening}.] [L. supervenire, superventum, to come over, to come upon; super over + venire to come. See {Super }, and {Come}, and cf. {Overcome}.] To come as something… …

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  • 26Supervening — Supervene Su per*vene , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Supervened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supervening}.] [L. supervenire, superventum, to come over, to come upon; super over + venire to come. See {Super }, and {Come}, and cf. {Overcome}.] To come as something… …

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  • 27Supervenience — In philosophy, supervenience is a kind of dependency relationship, typically held to obtain between sets of properties. According to one standard definition, a set of properties A supervenes on a set of properties B, if and only if any two… …

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  • 28Physicalism — is a philosophical position holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things. The term was coined by Otto Neurath in a series of early… …

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  • 29follow — vb 1 Follow, succeed, ensue, supervene mean to come after someone or, more often, something. Although all of these verbs occur as transitives and intransitives, ensue and supervene are more commonly intransitive verbs. Follow is the general term… …

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  • 30Survene — Sur*vene , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Survened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Survening}.] [F. survenir. See {Supervene}.] To supervene upon; to come as an addition to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A suppuration that survenes lethargies. Harvey. [1913 Webster] …

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