supersede
verb (used with object)
to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.
superseder
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a word derived from
supersede.
Example Sentences
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But alas!—If awkwardness was removed, something worse was substituted in its place ; my presidency was abolished on the very day it was to be declared, by the sudden return of its rightful superseder.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Fanny Burney
The only thing he was thinking of was that not far from him was a superseder in possession of something which was once his.
From Kitty Canary by Kate Langley Bosher
The moment Bastides made his appearance, he was seized as an illicit trader by the governor Bobadilla, the oppressor and superseder of Columbus, and sent for trial to Spain.
From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Robert Walsh
