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Verb: supersede  ,soo-pu(r)'seed
  1. Take the place or move into the position of
    "the computer has superseded the slide rule";
    - supplant, replace, supervene upon, supercede [non-standard]

Derived forms: superseding, supersedes, superseded

Type of: come after, follow, succeed

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