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verb (supersedes, superseding, superseded)
- (transitive) set aside, Set (something) aside.
- (transitive) Take the place of.
- No one could his sister.
- (transitive) displace, Displace in favour of another.
- Modern US culture has superseded the native forms.
Translations: (trans-top, Set aside)
(trans-mid)
Portuguese: (t, pt, sobrepor)
(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, Take the place of)
(trans-mid)
Portuguese: (t, pt, substituir)
(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, Displace in favour of another)
(trans-mid)
Portuguese: (t, pt, substituir)
(trans-bottom)
Etymology: Latin super, over + sedere, to sit, via Middle French superseder, originally in the meaning "postpone, defer" (as Latin).The meaning "to replace" is from 1642, probably by association with precede.Original Latin sense: proelio supersedere statuit = he decided to delay battle " Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico, http://books.google.com/books?id=It6gog_TA2oC&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87&dq=supersedere&source=web&ots=RbNGmp9Lcv&sig=JpR8O8C2E7X_JBXF3OW_MApYjBs 2:8.
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