superannuate

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  1. transitive verb To allow to retire on a pension because of age or infirmity.
  2. transitive verb To set aside or discard as old-fashioned or obsolete.

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  1. Back-formation from superannuated.

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  1. Altered, in apparent conformity with annual, from superannate, q. v.
  2. Cf. superannuate, v.
 

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/sjupərˈænjueɪt/
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