| v. t. | 1. | To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace. |
| 2. | To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; | |
| 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. | |
| 4. | (Old Law) To omit; to forbear. |
| Verb | 1. | supersede - 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" |