[ad. late L. superventio, -ōnem, n. of action f. supervenīre to SUPERVENE. Cf. Sp. supervencion, Pg. -venção.] The action or fact of supervening; coming on in addition; subsequent occurrence.
1649. Bp. Hall, Cases Consc., IV. vi. (1654), 352. An espousal contract … may … be broken off … by the supervention of a legall kindred, inexpected.
1721. Bailey, A Supervention,… a coming upon one suddenly.
1800. Med. Jrnl., IV. 314. I had reason to apprehend a supervention of delirium.
1851. H. Mayo, Pop. Superst. (ed. 2), 38. The only security we … know of, that life has left the body, is the supervention of chemical decomposition.
1858. Gladstone, Homer, III. 17. The mere supervention of one race upon another, the change from a Pelasgian to an Hellenic character.
1879. St. George’s Hosp. Rep., IX. 687. The interval between the accident and the supervention of tetanus.
