SUPERVENIENT

Etymology

Adjective

supervenient (comparative more supervenient, superlative most supervenient)

(logic, philosophy, of a set of properties) In a relationship with another set such that membership in the other set implies membership in the present set

Supervening; occurring subsequently; coming after something, especially when not causally connected.

Source: Wiktionary


Su`per*ven"ient, a. Etym: [L. superveniens, p.pr.]

Definition: Coming as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards. That branch of belief was in him supervenient to Christian practice. Hammond. Divorces can be granted, a mensa et toro, only for supervenient causes. Z. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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