supersede
Plural: supersedes
Verb
- take the place or move into the position of
- To take the place of.
- To displace in favor of itself.
Noun
- An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.
Examples
- Modern US culture has superseded the native forms.
- Rogue cancels and supersedes are being issued on a large scale against posters.
- Those older products have been superseded by our new range.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French superseder (“postpone, defer”), from Latin supersedēre, from super (“over”) + sedēre (“to sit”). The meaning “to replace” is from 1642, probably by association with unrelated precede – note that c instead of s (from cēdere (“to yield”), not sedēre (“to sit”)). As a result, supercede is a common misspelling – see therein for further discussion. Doublet of surcease.
Scrabble Score: 12
supersede: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsupersede: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
supersede: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
supersede: valid Words With Friends Word