SUPERVENE

supervene

(verb) take place as an additional or unexpected development

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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