supervenient

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The original idea is laid down in its simple purity, and all the supervenient conceptions are spread over it, "stratum super stratum," as they happen to be formed.

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel

It makes no difference to reality itself; it is supervenient, inert, static, a reflexion merely.

From Pragmatism by James, William

For, though we be the children of light, yet our light hath so much darkness, as there must be a supervenient and accessory light of the Spirit, to discover that light unto us.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

To designate, by means of a special law, the official who shall act as President of the Republic in case of death, resignation, removal, or supervenient inability of the President and Vice-President.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher