superannuate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to allow to retire from service or office on a pension because of age or infirmity.
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to set aside as out of date; remove as too old.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to pension off
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to discard as obsolete or old-fashioned
Etymology
Origin of superannuate
First recorded in 1640–50; back formation from superannuated
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He was as ready to offer compensation as we ourselves are when we superannuate a clerk or suppress an office.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever
You will have to superannuate it shortly, and return to the old original letter-box—my letter-box, which I remember so well.
From The Laurel Bush by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
These crumb- ling relicks and long fired particles superannuate such expectations; bones, hairs, nails, and teeth of the dead, were the treasures of old sorcerers.
From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Sir Thomas Browne
He might turn in the dictionary to annual, anniversary, and annuity, but he must fall back on his acquired knowledge for such as, biennial, centennial, millennium, perennial, and superannuate.
From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Elmer W. Cavins
As he increased in years so did he in his abstractions of mind, and the governors of the charity thought it necessary to superannuate him with a pension.
From Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat
And yet the digital media giant, which recently began hijacking Christmas with the NFL, continues to lean in to these superannuated sports fliers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Disney may have figured that it had a couple of surefire hits in its pipeline with “The Marvels” and “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” a sequel in that already superannuated series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
Its high-tech windmills and superannuated smokestacks are only the most visible evidence of a three-decade campaign.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2021
Two years later, Stallone released The Expendables, the first of a three-film series in which he starred at the centre of a medley of superannuated action heroes.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2019
At about one o’clock we came at last to old 64, a lonesome, superannuated two-lane road through the mountains.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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