Su`per*vene" (?), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Supervened (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Supervening.] [L. supervenire,
superventum, to come over, to come upon; super over +
venire to come. See Super-, and Come, and cf.
Overcome.] To come as something additional or extraneous;
to occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon
or after something else; to be added; to take place; to
happen.
Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to
matter unless impressed by divine power.
Bentley.
A tyrany immediately supervened.
Burke.