supervention
(s(j)uːpəˈvɛnʃən)
[ad. late L. superventio, -ōnem, n. of action f. supervenīre to supervene. Cf. Sp. supervencion, Pg. -ven{cced}ão.]
The action or fact of supervening; coming on in addition; subsequent occurrence.
| 1649 Bp. Hall Cases Consc. iv. vi. (1654) 352 An espousal contract..may..be broken off..by the supervention of a legall kindred, inexpected. 1721 Bailey, A Supervention,..a coming upon one suddenly. 1800 Med. Jrnl. IV. 314, I had reason to apprehend a supervention of delirium. 1851 H. Mayo Pop. Superst. (ed. 2) 38 The only security we..know of, that life has left the body, is the supervention of chemical decomposition. 1858 Gladstone Homer III. 17 The mere supervention of one race upon another, the change from a Pelasgian to an Hellenic character. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 687 The interval between the accident and the supervention of tetanus. |