Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SU-PER-VEN-I-ENT
SU-PER-VEN-I-ENT, a.
Coming upon as something additional or extraneous. That branch of belief was in him supervenient to Christian practice. – Hammond. Divorces can be granted, a mensa et toro, only for supervenient causes. Z. Swift.
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