supervene
(verb) take place as an additional or unexpected development
Source: WordNet® 3.1
supervene (third-person singular simple present supervenes, present participle supervening, simple past and past participle supervened)
(intransitive) To follow (something) closely, either as a consequence or in contrast.
To supersede.
To be dependent on an earlier event.
(philosophy) To be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation.
Source: Wiktionary
Su`per*vene", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Supervened; p. pr. & vb. n. Supervening.] Etym: [L. supervenire, superventum, to come over, to come upon; super over + venire to come. See Super-, and Come, and cf. Overcome.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 November 2024
(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
