'Supersede' definitions:
Definition of 'supersede'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede]
Definition of 'Supersede'
From: GCIDE
- 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 & p. p. Superseded; p. pr.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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Nothing is supposed that can supersede the known laws of natural motion. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Old Law) To omit; to forbear. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'supersede'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- act for,
- change places with,
- crowd out,
- cut out,
- desert,
- discard,
- displace,
- double for,
- fill in for,
- forsake,
- ghost,
- ghostwrite,
- oust,
- pinch-hit,
- reject,
- relieve,
- replace,
- represent,
- repudiate,
- spell,
- spell off,
- stand in for,
- subrogate,
- substitute for,
- succeed,
- supplant,
- swap places with,
- understudy for