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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Supersede \Su`per*sede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superseded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superseding}.] [L. supersedere, supersessum, to sit above, be superior to, forbear, omit; super above + sedere to sit: cf. F. supers[82]der. See {Sit}, and cf. {Surcease}.] 1. To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace. 2. To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer. 3. To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay. Nothing is supposed that can supersede the known laws of natural motion. --Bentley. 4. (Old Law) To omit; to forbear. | |
