supervention 1. To come or to occur as something extraneous, additional, or unexpected. 2. To follow immediately after; to ensue. 3. In philosophy, to be dependent on a set of facts or properties in such a way that change can occur only after change has occurred in those facts or properties. 4. The development of some condition in addition to an... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2069/10