superannuate
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Back-formation from superannuated; Latin super "over" + annus "year"
VerbEdit
superannuate (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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas Browne to this entry?)
- (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.
TranslationsEdit
to retire or put out of use due to age
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to retire due to age
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