{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY June 26, 2019-----------------supersede

WORD OF THE DAY June 26, 2019

supersede    verb | soo-per-SEED   Definition   1 a : to cause to be set aside   b : to force out of use as inferior   2 : to take the place or position of   3 : to displace in favor of another   Scroll down for more about supersede     TRENDING NOW: concentration camp animus auspice folderol SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   Do You 'Rein In' or 'Reign In' Something?     9 Words for Types of Parenting   The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 6/21/19     An Overview of the Contronym 'Overlook'       WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE     Words for Summer: A Quiz   Test your knowledge of words related to the season of longer days and vacations.     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try! TAKE ME THERE        Did You Know?   Supersede ultimately derives from the Latin verb supersedēre, meaning "to sit on top of" (sedēre means "to sit"), "to be superior to," or "to refrain from," but it came to us through Scots Middle English, where it was rendered superceden and used in the sense of "to defer." It will come as no surprise that modern English speakers can be confused about how to spell this word—it sometimes turns up as supercede. In fact, some of the earliest records of the word in English show it spelled with a c. The sspelling has been the dominant choice since the 16th century, and while both spellings can be etymologically justified, supersede is now regarded as the "correct" version.     Examples of SUPERSEDE   "What may someday supersede Einstein's hypothesis is any genius' good guess. In the meantime, not only the theory of relativity but also Newton's laws, with all their known limitations, serve us rather well in navigating through space and in constructing bridges and dams on earth." — Henry Petroski, To Engineer is Human, 1992   "This park also supersedes what must have been the world's cleverest playground—a 10-foot-high fort made of telephone poles or logs up the hill at Rocky Ridge Park. (That simple, but popular play area was dismantled. Kids kept getting their heads stuck between the poles.)" — Jim McClure, The York (Pennsylvania) Daily Record, 5 May 2019   Word Family Quiz   Fill in the blanks to complete a sedēre descendant that refers to a judicial inquest: a _ si _ e.   VIEW THE ANSWER              MORE WORD FUN:       WORD GAMES            TRENDING NOW            WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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