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Webster 1913 Edition

Supersede

Suˊper-sede′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Superseded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Superseding
.]
[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)
To omit; to forbear.

Webster 1828 Edition

Supersede

SUPERSE'DE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. supersedeo; super and sedeo, to sit.]
1.
Literally, to set above; hence, to make void, inefficacious or useless by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend. The use of artillery in making breaches in walls, has superseded the use of the battering ram. The effect of passion is to supersede the workings of reason.
Nothing is supposed that can supersede the known laws of natural motion.
2.
To come or be placed in the room of; hence, to displace or render unnecessary; as, an officer is superseded by the appointment of another person.

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