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supervene

/ˈsuːpərvɛn/ verb · British & US
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What does supervene mean?

verb

to occur or become apparent as a result of something else; to follow or accompany something else as a necessary or natural consequence.

Example

"The discovery of the new species supervened on the team's previous research."

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