supervene upon

Found in thesaurus: come after, succeed, follow
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supervene upon

Verb
1. take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
(synonym) supplant, replace, supersede
(hypernym) succeed, come after, follow
(hyponym) substitute, deputize, deputise, step in
(verb-group) replace, put back