Supersede
[,suːpə'siːd;,sjuː-] or [,supɚ'sid]
Definition
(v. t.) To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace.
(v. t.) To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To omit; to forbear.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Suspend, annul, overrule, set aside, make void.[2]. Displace, replace, supplant.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Remove, displace, obviate, oust, recal, neutralize, overrule, suspend,supplant
ANT:Confirm, perpetuate, continue, introduce, supply
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Definition
v.t. to take the place of another by reason of superior right power &c.: to make useless by superior power: to come in the room of to replace: to displace set aside render unnecessary.—ns. Supersē′deas a writ to stay proceedings or to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases; Supersē′dence Supersē′dure Superses′sion a setting aside the act of superseding; Supersedē′re (Scots law) a private agreement among creditors under a trust-deed to supersede or sist diligence for a certain period: an order of court granting protection to a debtor.
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Examples
- He brought a commission to supersede Mr. Hamilton, who, tired with the disputes his proprietary instructions subjected him to, had resigned. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Does the ambitious young philosopher predict that electricity will supersede steam? Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The production of caustic soda, sodium carbonate, and chlorine by the electrolysis of brine, is carried on upon a large scale, and will probably supersede all other methods. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I will not pretend to question the motive which actuated Sherman in taking an officer from another army to supersede General Logan. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His son began to supersede Mrs Bangham, and to execute commissions in a knowing manner, and to be of the prison prisonous, of the streets streety. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Written history had already begun before weapons of iron came into Europe to supersede bronze. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The invention of printing machines was preceded by the manufacture of inking rollers, to supersede the pelt balls for distributing the ink over the types. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Yet they seemed to have become obsolete, to be superseded in the world. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The socialist movement calls him its prophet, and, while many socialists say he is superseded, no one disputes his historical importance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Other doctors have superseded HIM; and nobody who can help it will employ me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This fuse was superseded by one invented by General Bormann of Belgium, which greatly added to the value of case shot. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This was superseded by the Washington press invented by Samuel Rust in 1829. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They superseded wood engravings, which for years has been the recognized medium for illustrations to print on a type printing press. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The mule entirely superseded the use of the jenny. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It almost supersedes the Bible-' 'Yes--Flux of Corruption,' said the Russian, 'I remember that phrase. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He only said, What reason does Bulstrode give for superseding you? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The advantages of the propeller are becoming every year more appreciated, and it is rapidly superseding the paddle-wheel. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Papier maché has been found to be a material peculiarly applicable for the purpose, and it is now superseding the use of plaster of Paris for taking casts of the types. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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