Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of superseding.
- noun Replacement of an old or diseased queen bee with a new one.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of superseding; supersession: as, the supersedure of trial by jury.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of superseding, or setting aside; supersession.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
superseding - noun The
replacing of an oldqueen bee by a new one - noun
supersession
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior
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Examples
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The phenomenon is called supersedure and a sizeable number of celebrities and social figures would vouch for its existence.
The Times of India 2009
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The phenomenon is called supersedure and a sizeable number of celebrities and social figures would vouch for its existence.
The Times of India 2009
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The phenomenon is called supersedure and a sizeable number of celebrities and social figures would vouch for its existence.
The Times of India 2009
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We are optimists and realists, we take pride in our supersedure over pre-natal blemishes …
Kerfuffle Over Slave Auction Reenactment at cvillenews.com 2004
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Absconding swarm, American foulbrood, Braula coeca, buff comb, Demaree ('the method of swarm control that separates the queen from most of the brood within the same hive'), supersedure ('a natural replacement of an established queen by a daughter in the same hive')—it's all here.
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Soon after the supersedure of this chapel loft Mrs. Elizabeth began to reckon her work nearly done in Middletown; and, a good offer being about that time made for their valuable situation, she began to hope and pray for the accomplishment of a cherished longing to live near the place of her spiritual birth.
Elizabeth: the Disinherited Daughter By E. Ben Ez-er Elizabeth Arnold Hitchcock
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This was hard mind-work for me, but I mastered the situation and escaped supersedure and punishment.
Biography of a Slave Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thompson Charles Thompson
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Illinois, as chairman of the committee, and I show, beyond all controversy, that that report gave no countenance whatever to the doctrine of repeal by supersedure.
American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) Various 1899
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I have said that this doctrine of supersedure is new.
American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) Various 1899
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Did he, in the report made by him as the chairman of the Committee of Thirteen, or in any speech in support of the compromise acts, or in any conversation in the committee, or out of the committee, ever even hint at this doctrine of supersedure?
American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) Various 1899
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