supervention

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su·per·vene

(so͞o′pər-vēn′)

intr.v. su·per·vened, su·per·ven·ing, su·per·venes

1. To come or occur as something extraneous, additional, or unexpected.

2. To follow immediately after; ensue.

3. Philosophy To be dependent on a set of facts or properties in such a way that change is possible only if change occurs in those facts or properties.

[Latin supervenīre : super-, super- + venīre, to come; see g^wā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

su′per·ven′ient (-vēn′yənt) adj.

su′per·ven′ience (-vēn′yəns) n.

su′per·ven′tion (-vĕn′shən) n.

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Noun

supervention - a following on in addition

happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens

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sopravvenienza

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On her reading the killing of the bird is a violation of its symbolic status by the usurping Understanding, and the supervention of grace in the blessing is by the same token a working of Imagination in the Mariner.