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supervention|s(j)uːpəˈvɛnʃən|
[ad. late L. superventio, -ōnem, n. of action f. supervenīre to supervene. Cf. Sp. supervencion, Pg. -venção.]
The action or fact of supervening; coming on in addition; subsequent occurrence.
1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. iv. vi. (1654) 352 An espousal contract..may..be broken off..by the supervention of a legall kindred, inexpected. 1721Bailey, A Supervention,..a coming upon one suddenly. 1800Med. Jrnl. IV. 314, I had reason to apprehend a supervention of delirium. 1851H. Mayo Pop. Superst. (ed. 2) 38 The only security we..know of, that life has left the body, is the supervention of chemical decomposition. 1858Gladstone Homer III. 17 The mere supervention of one race upon another, the change from a Pelasgian to an Hellenic character. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 687 The interval between the accident and the supervention of tetanus. |