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supervene

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9 lettersPart of speech verbSorted eeenprsuvStarts with SEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. take place as an additional or unexpected development

Word origin

From Latin supervenīre (“come over or upon, overtake”), from super (“above”) + veniō (“come”).

Used in a sentence

  • The taste and digestion are often depraved, anorexia, nausea, inappetence and vomiting supervene, the woman desires innutritious or disgusting food, such as chalk, cinders, putrescent animal food, […]
  • After such leave-takings, especially where something like a revelation takes place, there sometimes supervenes, I'm told, a sort of excitement before the chill and ache of separation sets in.
  • However, a national financial crisis supervened and work was stopped on the Surrey & Sussex Junction and the Ouse Valley lines, in the latter case never to start again.

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