supervene verb5 •To follow (something) closely, either as a consequence or in contrast.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, […] — 1836 •To occur as an interruption or change to an existing situation.The best work was after Bishops Stortford, as we attained 55 m.p.h. after Stansted, and were going well up the short bank when the Elsenham permanent way check supervened. — 1953 •To be dependent on an earlier event. •To be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation.For instance, an idiosyncratic necessitist might claim that even if a river were not spatiotemporally located, it would still be ugly or beautiful in ways that do not supervene on anything else. — 2018 •To supersede. formssupervened · supervening · supervenes · superveneth