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Superannuate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To allow to retire on a pension because of age or infirmity.

v. To set aside or discard as old-fashioned or obsolete.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. to retire or put out of use due to age

v. to show to be obsolete due to age

v. to retire due to age

v. to become obsolete or antiquated

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.

v. To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.

verb-intransitive. To last beyond the year; -- said of annual plants.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To impair or disqualify in any way by old age: used chiefly in the past participle: as, a superannuated magistrate.

To set aside or displace as too old; specifically, to allow to retire from service on a pension, on account of old age or infirmity; give a retiring pension to; put on the retired list; pension off: as, to superannuate a seaman.

To last beyond the year.

To become impaired or disabled by length of years; live until weakened or useless.

Superannuated; impaired or disabled through old age; lasting until useless.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. declare to be obsolete

v. become obsolete

v. retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability

v. retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity

Word Usage

"These crumbling relicks and long fired particles superannuate such expectations; bones, hairs, nails, and teeth of the dead, were the treasures of old sorcerers."

Verb Form

superannuated superannuating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

adjudge hold declare change retire

Form

superannuated superannuating

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

disqualify retire