SUPERSEDE

supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

supersede (third-person singular simple present supersedes, present participle superseding, simple past and past participle superseded)

(transitive) To take the place of.

(transitive) To displace in favour of itself.

Usage notes

Supersede is the only English word ending in -sede. Similar words include four ending in -ceed, and several ending in -cede. Supercede is therefore a common misspelling of this word.

Synonyms

• (take the place of): replace, supplant, usurp

Noun

supersede (plural supersedes)

(Internet) An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.

Source: Wiktionary

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Su`per*sede", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Superseded; p. pr. & vb. n. Superseding.] Etym: [L. supersedere, supersessum, to sit above, be superior to, forbear, omit; super above + sedere to sit: cf. F. superséder. 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)

Definition: To omit; to forbear.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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