superannuate
English
editEtymology
editBack-formation from superannuated; Latin super "over" + annus "year"
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˌsuːpəɹˈænjueɪt/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
editsuperannuate (third-person singular simple present superannuates, present participle superannuating, simple past and past participle superannuated)
- (transitive) To retire or put out of use due to age.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC:
- These crumbling relicks and long fired particles superannuate such expectations; bones, hairs, nails, and teeth of the dead, were the treasures of old sorcerers.
- (transitive) To show to be obsolete due to age.
- (intransitive) To retire due to age.
- (intransitive) To become obsolete or antiquated.
- (transitive) To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.
Synonyms
edit- (retire due to age, transitive): pension, pension off, put out to pasture
- (retire due to age, intransitive): call it a day, hang up one's boots
- (become obsolete or antiquated): age, obsolesce; see also Thesaurus:to age
- (give a pension to): pension
Translations
editto retire or put out of use due to age
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to retire due to age
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