Sū'/per-sēde', v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. SUPERSEDED; p. pr. & vb. n. SUPERSEDING.] [Lat. supersedere, to sit above, to be superior to, to forbear, omit, from super, above, and sedere, to sit; Fr. superséder and surseoir.]
Sense 1. To come or be placed in the room of; to displace; to replace; as, an officer is superseded by the appointment of another person.
Sense 2. To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend.
Nothing is supposed that can supersede the known laws of natural motion. Bentley.
Synonyms—To suspend; set aside; overrule; succeed.