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What does supervene mean?

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Verb
  1. to follow something closely, either as a consequence or in contrast.
  2. to supersede.
  3. to be dependent on an earlier event.
  4. (philosophy) to be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation.
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The drink does not supervene over his underlying subnormality.
These seemings have narrow contents because they supervene on local properties of me and inverted-me.
Sleep disorders, disorientation, and fatigue may supervene, followed by serious intellectual deterioration, such as the inability to speak, recognize objects, read, or write.
When credible evidence stands against denial, the employer's options may be limited and its obligations to the work force may have to supervene over the interests of an otherwise valued employee.
Even when the tort occurs first a subsequent event may supervene, removing the causative potency of the original wrong.
This is because it remains possible that evaluative epistemic facts supervene on naturalistic ones.

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