1. (v. t.) To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer\.

2. (v. t.) To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay.

3. (v. t.) To omit; to forbear.

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