[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

supervene \su`pervene"\, 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 additional or extraneous; to occur with
   reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or
   after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen.
   1913 webster

         such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter
         unless impressed by divine power.        --bentley.
   1913 webster

         a tyrany immediately supervened.         --burke.
   1913 webster
see also:
supervened supervening super- come overcome 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

supervene
     v : take place as an additional or unexpected development

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