SUPERANNUATE
\sˌuːpəɹˈanjuːˌe͡ɪt], \sˌuːpəɹˈanjuːˌeɪt], \s_ˌuː_p_ə_ɹ_ˈa_n_j_uː_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of SUPERANNUATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability
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become obsolete
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declare to be obsolete
By Princeton University
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retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability
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become obsolete
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declare to be obsolete
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To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.
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To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.
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To last beyond the year; -- said of annual plants.
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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To impair or disqualify by old age and infirmity; as, a superannuated magistrate: to allow to retire from service on a pension, on account of old age or infirmity; to give a retiring pension to; to pension; as, to superannuate a seaman.
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To last beyond the year; "The dying in the winter of the roots of plants that are annual seemeth to be partly caused by the overexpense of the sap into stalk and leaves, which being prevented, they will superannuate."-Bacon: to become impaired or disabled by length of years; to live until weakened or useless; "Some superannuated virgin that hath lost her lover."-Howell.
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