2 entries under this word

Superannuate

Sū'per-ān'nu-āte, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. SUPERANNUATED; p. pr. & vb. n. SUPERANNUATING.] [Lat. super, above, over, and annus, a year.]

  1. To impair or disqualify by old age and infirmity; as, a superannuated magistrate.
  2. To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity. Simmonds.

Sū'per-ăn'nu-āte, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [See supra; Fr. suranner.] To last beyond the year. [Obs.] Bacon.