supervenient

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It makes no difference to reality itself; it is supervenient, inert, static, a reflexion merely.

From Pragmatism by James, William

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

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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

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