Usually means: Depend on more fundamental properties.
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  1. supervene: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. supervene: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. supervene: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. supervene: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. supervene: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. supervene: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  12. supervene: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Supervene: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. supervene: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. supervene: Rhymezone
  16. Supervene: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. supervene: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. supervene: Free Dictionary
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(Note: See supervened as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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verb:  (intransitive) To follow (something) closely, either as a consequence or in contrast.
verb:  To supersede.
verb:  To be dependent on an earlier event.
verb:  (philosophy, followed by on) To be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation.
verb:  To occur as an interruption or change to an existing situation.

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