supersede

Meanings

Verb

• To take the place of.
• To displace in favour of itself.

Noun

• An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.

Related

Similar words

• replace, supplant, usurp

Origin

• From Middle French superseder ("postpone, defer"), from Latin supersedeo, from super + sedeo. The meaning “to replace” is from 1642, probably by association with unrelated precede – note that c instead of s (from cedo, not sedeo). As a result, supercede is a common misspelling – see therein for further discussion. surcease.