supersede
/soo-per-SEED/verbto take the place of something older or less effective
“The new protocol supersedes all earlier drafts.”
- Synonyms
- replace, supplant, displace
- Antonyms
- precede
- Root
- super- (above)
- Memory hook
- super (above) + sede (sit): sit above what came before.
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