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Supersede v. t. (past & past part. superseded; pres. part. superseding)

To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace.

To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer.

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."

(Old Law) To omit; to forbear.

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"Supersede" Quotes from Famous Books

... my command were again afloat in their proper steamboats, when Admiral Porter told me that General McClernand had arrived at the mouth of the Yazoo in the steamboat Tigress, and that it was rumored he had come down to supersede me. Leaving my whole force where it was, I ran down to the month of the Yazoo in a small tug boat, and there found General McClernand, with orders from the War Department to command the expeditionary ...

— The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete • William T. Sherman

... good long distance, and began to look wistfully towards the bank as if calculating upon another milestone soon. The crutches, though so very useful, had their limits of power. Mechanism only transfers labour, being powerless to supersede it, and the original amount of exertion was not cleared away; it was thrown into the body and arms. She was exhausted, and each swing forward became fainter. At last ...

— Far from the Madding Crowd • Thomas Hardy

... Secretary. It certainly would not be satisfactory for Peel to try to work a new Irish policy, whilst the closest household companions of the Queen were the wife and sister of the displaced statesmen, who directly represented the policy he had to supersede. Had this point of view been made clear to the sovereign at first, it is hardly possible that any serious difficulty could have arisen. The Queen must have seen the obvious reasonableness of Peel's request, ...

— Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen V.1. • Sarah Tytler

... film has come virtually to supersede the old method. A concerted effort is being made by astronomers in various parts of the world to make a complete chart of the heavens, and before the close of our century this work will be accomplished, some ...

— A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams

... such items of material wealth will last for more than one generation. Kinetic use-values are permanent in their character, for, though they may become antiquated, they yet serve as the foundation for the developments that supersede them, and so they continue to live in that to ...

— Manhood of Humanity. • Alfred Korzybski

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