Supersede

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To take the place of; replace.
  • v. To cause to be set aside, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated. See Synonyms at replace.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Set (something) aside.
  • v. Take the place of.
  • v. Displace in favour of another.
  • n. An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace.
  • v. To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of.
  • v. 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.
  • v. To omit; to forbear.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make void, inefficacious, or useless by superior power, or by coming in the place of; set aside; render unnecessary; suspend; stay.
  • To be placed in or take the room of; displace; supplant; replace: as, an officer superseded by another.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. take the place or move into the position of
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    succeed    come after    follow   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    displace    usurp    preempt    deputise    substitute    oust    deputize    step in   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    suspend    stay    omit    forbear    replace    usurp    supplant   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aristide    Bede    Ede    Gilead    Mead    Meade    Read    Reed    Reid    Sinead