Category:Supersede

Su`per*sede", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Superseded; p. pr. & vb. n. Superseding.] Etym: [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. Bentley.

4. (old law)

Defn: to omit; to forbear.