Found 2 items, similar to Superseding.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: supersede supersede v : take the place or move into the position of; “Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left”; “the computer has supplanted the slide rule”; “Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school” [syn: supplant, replace, supervene upon]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Superseding Supersede \Su`per*sede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Superseded; p. pr. & vb. n. Superseding.] [L. supersedere, supersessum, to sit above, be superior to, forbear, omit; super above + sedere to sit: cf. F. supers['e]der. See Sit, and cf. Surcease.] 1. To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace. [1913 Webster] 2. To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer. [1913 Webster] 3. To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay. [1913 Webster] Nothing is supposed that can supersede the known laws of natural motion. --Bentley. [1913 Webster] 4. (Old Law) To omit; to forbear. [1913 Webster]