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superseded |
1 definition found 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 & p. p. {Superseded}; p. pr & vb n. {Superseding}.]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.
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