supersede
VerbUS[soo-per-seed]/ˌsupɚˈsid/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (1)superseded, superseding
- 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”Synonyms: supplantreplacesupervene uponMore general succeed, come afterMore specific usurp, substitute, preempt, oustSimilar replace
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Su′per·sede′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Superseded; present participle & verbal noun Superseding.]
Origin: 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.— Richard Bentley
4. Old law To omit; to forbear.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54