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supervene

[soo-per-veen] / ˌsu pərˈvin /


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How and whence to these thoughts, these strong probabilities, the ascertaining vision, the intuitive knowledge may finally supervene, can be learned only by the fact.

From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Octavius Brooks Frothingham

Should peritonitis supervene after the operation on account of bacillary infection, the bowels should be quickly made to act by repeated doses of Epsom salts in hot water.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

Downstairs he told Colonel Mandeville: "He may pull through if meningitis does not supervene."

From A Soldier's Son by Maude M. Butler

The question, what becomes of these philanthropic tradesmen after their ultimate impoverishment, which of course must speedily supervene, is a fruitful subject for the investigation of some inquisitive mind.

From Doesticks, What He Says by Q. K. Philander Doesticks

If the feeding of a liberal allowance of grain be suddenly commenced, fatal diarrhœa will often supervene.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings

Mr Blackwell told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that animals should be "stunned at the time of death", which would render them "insensible to pain until death supervenes".

From BBC Mar. 6, 2014

From the moment one hoists sail, cuts the engine and bears away downwind to Bequia, euphoria supervenes.

From Time Magazine Archive

For when traditional justice fails, retributive justice supervenes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whenever starvation supervenes, and the usual hospital liquid diet is really semistarvation, the bacteria normally present in the bowel increase enormously and produce large amounts of flatus.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the arteriosclerosis in the peripheral arteries reaches a stage where endarteritis obliterans supervenes, there is usually no chance for a compensatory or collateral circulation to be established.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield

There were cases, however, whose prognosis seemed good but where death supervened suddenly.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was conscious again of the awful stillness of death that supervened.

From The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado by Cyrus Townsend Brady

Suppose locked-jaw to have supervened from an attack of acute indigestion: would it not be more rational to restore the lost function?

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd

In the table which I have given respecting question 2, the reader will recollect that I stated that puerperal fever supervened in five cows immediately after parturition.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd

Murchison refers to one case in which collapse supervened, where the rectal temperature was 90.6°.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Indeed, the attorney general’s job, at times, is to tell the president “no” because of the supervening demands of the law.

From Washington Post Jul. 26, 2017

Imagine the delicious freshness of one's second year supervening upon the jaded sensibilities of seventy-seven.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill

For if the pleasure of virtuous activity is a supervening end beyond the activity, it becomes a supervening end beyond the happiness of virtuous activity, which thus ceases to be the final end.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

An arbiter who has accepted office may be compelled by an action in court of session to proceed with his duty unless he has sufficient cause, such as ill-health or supervening interest, for renouncing.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

Impoverishment supervening they went forth in the crusades to die, or, less finely, dropped back among the jongleurs, minstrels, strollers and mere poets with whom subsequently they were generally confused.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus




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