supervenient

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Chrysippus replied by denying not only the reality of this supervenient force said to be inherent in the soul, but also the reality of all that Aristotle called automatic or spontaneous agency generally.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander

For, though we be the children of light, yet our light hath so much darkness, as there must be a supervenient and accessory light of the Spirit, to discover that light unto us.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

To designate, by means of a special law, the official who shall act as President of the Republic in case of death, resignation, removal, or supervenient inability of the President and Vice-President.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher

Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The original idea is laid down in its simple purity, and all the supervenient conceptions are spread over it, "stratum super stratum," as they happen to be formed.

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel