Did you perhaps mean supersede?
Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. common misspelling of supersede.
WordNet 3.0
- v. take the place or move into the position of
Etymologies
- From Middle English superceden, from Middle French superceder, from Latin supersedere: super- ("over-") + sedere ("to sit"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“supercede" and wasn't findable in that part of the dictionary, that's all.”
“Was this one of those shiny, artificial fabrics which were to supercede all natural fibres in the bright modern world of the 50s.”
“To argue against this is essentially to argue that your religion of equality should supercede science and logic.”
Baffled by "Analytical Egalitarianism", Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Conversely, many individuals believe that their private self-interests supercede the national self-interest, which, by definition, is non-consensual.”
Political Beliefs and Self-Deception, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“The violations of human rights supercede everything else," said one Western official.”
“The move to apply for administration before next Monday's court hearing will supercede the winding-up order.”
The Guardian: Portsmouth's bills could cause the lights to go out at Fratton Park
“Does this law supercede Federal decisions on how and when to enforce such laws?”
“The argument that such low-fat diet advocates as Pritikin and Ornish have been using all along, so it seems to me, is not that you cannot lose weight on a high-fat diet but that there are many other benefits to low-fat diets that supercede just pure weight loss.”
“The economy and terror-threat supercede questions that boiled the Clinton era.”
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“EPA's political goal is to grab power to supercede state drilling regulation.”
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above or beyond; to a great degree; extra large; of a higher kind
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stpeter Usually I ain't a pedant, but I guess about supersede I am! :-) Jan 3, 2007
weiss Both forms are in the dictionary, supercede and supersede, same definition. Jan 3, 2007
stpeter I think you mean supersede, no? From Latin super (over) and sedere (to sit). Dec 31, 2006