- supervenient
- su·per·ve·nient
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Supervenient — Su per*ven ient, a. [L. superveniens, p. pr.] Coming as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards. [1913 Webster] That branch of belief was in him supervenient to Christian practice. Hammond. [1913 Webster] Divorces can be granted, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
supervenient — index additional, extraneous, incidental, needless, nonessential, supplementary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
supervenient — adjective Etymology: Latin supervenient , superveniens, present participle of supervenire Date: 1594 coming or occurring as something additional, extraneous, or unexpected … New Collegiate Dictionary
supervenient — adjective a) In a relationship with another set such that membership in the other set implies membership in the present set If mental properties are supervenient on physical properties, people with identical bodies will also have identical minds … Wiktionary
supervenient — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|vēnyənt adjective Etymology: Latin supervenient , superveniens, present participle of supervenire to supervene : coming or occurring as something additional, extraneous, or unexpected … Useful english dictionary
supervenient — See supervene. * * * … Universalium
supervenient — supervenience … Philosophy dictionary
supervenient — Synonyms and related words: accessory, accidental, additional, adscititious, adventitious, appurtenant, ascititious, auxiliary, casual, circumstantial, collateral, contingent, extra, fortuitous, incidental, inessential, nonessential, secondary,… … Moby Thesaurus
supervenient — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not part of the real or essential nature of a thing: adscititious, adventitious, incidental. See SURFACE … English dictionary for students
supervenient — adj. surprising, unexpected … English contemporary dictionary
