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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˌsuperˈvenient /ˌsuːpəˈviːnɪənt/ adj - supervening
- (of a property) inseparable from the other properties of something. Two objects may be identical except that one is red and the other not, but they cannot be identical except that one is beautiful and the other not; beauty is thus a supervenient property
su•per•vene (so̅o̅′pər vēn′),USA pronunciation v.i., -vened, -ven•ing. - to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes fol. by on or upon).
- to ensue.
- Latin supervenīre, equivalent. to super- super- + venīre to come
- 1640–50;
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