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    [Verb]  | "su*per*vene" | \ ˌsü-pər-ˈvēn \


    1: to follow or result as an additional, adventitious, or unforeseen development


    Origin: 1636 ;

     Latin supervenire, from super- + venire to come {mat|come|};

    [Verb]  | "supervening" 


    1: to come after in time;


      * e.g., " ... it was not the slow-spreading cancer that caused his death but a supervening heart attack "





    [Verb]  | "supervene" 


    1: to come after in time;


      * e.g., " ... it was not the slow-spreading cancer that caused his death but a supervening heart attack "





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