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superannuated |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Superannuate \Su`per*an"nu*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superannuated}; p. pr & vb n. {Superannuating}.] [Pref. super- + L. annus a year.] 1. To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity. --Sir T. Browne. 2. To give a pension to on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: superannuated adj 1: discharged as too old for use or work especially with a pension; "a superannuated civil servant" [syn: {retired}] 2: too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope [syn: {overage}, {overaged}] 3: old no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas" [syn: {obsolete}, {outdated}, {out-of-date}]
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