supervenient

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Adjective

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CIDE DICTIONARY

supervenient, 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." [1913 Webster]

"Divorces can be granted, a mensa et toro, only for supervenient causes." [1913 Webster]

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THESAURUS

supervenient

accessory, accidental, additional, adscititious, adventitious, appurtenant, ascititious, auxiliary, casual, circumstantial, collateral, contingent, extra, fortuitous, incidental, inessential, nonessential, secondary, subsidiary, superadded, superfluous, supplemental, supplementary, unessential

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