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Definition of Superannuate
1. Verb. Retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability.
2. Verb. Declare to be obsolete.
3. Verb. Become obsolete.
4. Verb. Retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity.
Definition of Superannuate
1. v. t. To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.
2. v. i. To last beyond the year; -- said of annual plants.
Definition of Superannuate
1. Verb. (transitive) to retire or put out of use due to age ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) to show to be obsolete due to age ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) to retire due to age ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) to become obsolete or antiquated ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Superannuate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superannuate
Literary usage of Superannuate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"[Cf. superannuate, v.] superannuated ; impaired or disabled through old age ...
Doubtless his church will be no hospital For superannuate forms and ..."
2. The Musical World (1865)
"and how "superannuate choristers " can also be " promising?"—and what is the use
of their becoming •' students?"—I am, Sir, yours faithfully, CAPEB 0' CORBY ..."
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