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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.

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  1. v. i. 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.
  2. v. take place as an additional or unexpected development
  3. 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. Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unless impressed by divine power. Bentley. A tyrany immediately supervened. Burke.
  4. To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur withreference or relation to something else; to happen upon or aftersomething else; to be added; to take place; to happen.Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unlessimpressed by divine power. Bentley.A tyrany immediately supervened. Burke.
  5. v. take place as an additional or unexpected development