supersede Copy link Outline I. To come into the place of and render unnecessaryII. To take the place of another officerIII. To depose • supersede: I. To come into the place of and render unnecessary: Phr.: the papyrus was s.d by parchment, *membranarum usus in papyri locum venit atque increbruit: the discovery of gunpowder soon caused bows and arrows to be s.d, *pulvis nitratus repertus sagittarum usum sustulit. II. To take the place of another officer: expr. by succēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (to succeed in office, correl. to dēcēdo to retire): (angry) because you were s.d, (but) because Gabinius was not, quod tibi succederetur, quod Gabinio non succederetur., Cic. Pis. 36, 88: v. to succeed. Also expr. by in locum alicujus venire: v. room. Phr.: after two years Felix was s.d by Portius Festus, biennio expleto accepit successorem Felix Portium Festum, Vulg. Act. xxiv. 28. III. To depose: Phr.: magistratum alicui abolere: v. to depose. [N.B.--Supersedeo = to dispense with.]