▪ I. supervening, vbl. n.
(s(j)uːpəˈviːnɪŋ)
[f. supervene + -ing1.]
The action of the verb supervene; supervention.
| 1667 Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. etc. (ed. 2) 345 The supervening of a higher Form. 1685 ― Effects of Motion iv. 42 Bottles..being full of the liquor were firmly stopped before the supervening of the Cold. 1737 Waterland Eucharist x. Wks. 1823 VII. 287 It is not the water that confers this benefit,..but it is the appointment of God, and the supervening of the Spirit. 1826 Bell Comm. Law Scot. (ed. 5) II. 7 Although the supervening of an heritable security..makes a moveable debt heritable. 1862 F. Hall Hindu Philos. Syst. 241 In the theory of Berkeley, the world, birth, death, [etc.]..are true, and not of such a nature, that they vanish away on the supervening of right apprehension. |
▪ II. superˈvening, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That supervenes; supervenient.
| 1653 Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year i. xii. 153 The imperfection of nature where we stand by our creation, and supervening follies. 1681 Stair Inst. Law Scot. ii. xxiv. §2 The superveening Right..accresces without any new solemnities. 1721 R. Keith tr. T. à Kempis' Valley of Lillies Pref. p. iv, The supervening Changes that may..befal the Soul. a 1768 Erskine Inst. Law Scot. iii. iii. §71 Though he should afterwards have obtained a decree in his favour on a supervening title. 1826 Bell Comm. Law Scot. (ed. 5) I. 698 Every supervening right acquired by the disponer after the transmission. 1835 Sir J. Ross Narr. 2nd Voy. xxix. 408 A supervening haze. 1849 Ruskin Sev. Lamps iv. §26. 116 That west front is made up of..many unfinished and supervening designs. a 1871 Grote Eth. Fragm. iv. (1876) 87 The feeling of a supervening liability to the disesteem of others is interwoven with the idea of wrong doing. |