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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 & p. p. {Superseded}; p.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['e]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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
supersede
v : take the place of [syn: {supplant}, {replace}, {supervene
upon}]
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