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Verb: supervene upon
  1. Take the place or move into the position of
    "the computer has supervened upon the slide rule"
    - supplant, replace, supersede, supercede

Derived forms: supervened upon, supervenes upon, supervening upon

Type of: come after, follow, succeed

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