Usually means: Depend on more fundamental properties.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word supervene:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. supervene: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. supervene: Merriam-Webster
  3. supervene: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. supervene: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. supervene: Collins English Dictionary
  6. supervene: Vocabulary.com
  7. supervene: Wordnik
  8. supervene: Wiktionary
  9. supervene: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. supervene: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. supervene: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. supervene: Dictionary.com
  13. supervene: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Supervene: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. supervene: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. supervene: Rhymezone
  17. Supervene: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. supervene: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. supervene: FreeDictionary.org
  20. supervene: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. supervene: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. supervene: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. supervene: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. supervene: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. supervene: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To follow (something) closely, either as a consequence or in contrast.
▸ verb:  To supersede.
▸ verb:  To be dependent on an earlier event.
▸ verb:  (philosophy, followed by on) To be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation.
▸ verb:  To occur as an interruption or change to an existing situation.

Similar:
survene, wait, ensue, come after, supervize, succeed, subvene, follow, insue, follow on, more...

Types:
arise, originate, spring, come about, come into being, come to pass, transpire, materialize, more...

Phrases:
supervene upon, more...

Adjectives:
acute, general, chronic, severe, cardiac, predatory, right, cerebral, renal, pulmonary, paramount
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Similar:
survene, wait, ensue, come after, supervize, succeed, subvene, follow, insue, follow on, more...

Types:
arise, originate, spring, come about, come into being, come to pass, transpire, materialize, more...

Phrases:
supervene upon, more...

Adjectives:
acute, general, chronic, severe, cardiac, predatory, right, cerebral, renal, pulmonary, paramount



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