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superannuate

[soo-per-an-yoo-eyt] / ˌsu pərˈæn juˌeɪt /
VERB
obsolesce
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You will have to superannuate it shortly, and return to the old original letter-box—my letter-box, which I remember so well.

From The Laurel Bush by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

Nothing can superannuate its charm, nothing can quench its fascination.

From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Alfred Austin

A superannuate is one who has become impaired or disabled by length of years.

From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Elmer W. Cavins

If I was a Lord of the Admiralty I’d promote you to-day and superannuate you to-morrow.

From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by William Henry Giles Kingston

These crumb- ling relicks and long fired particles superannuate such expectations; bones, hairs, nails, and teeth of the dead, were the treasures of old sorcerers.

From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Sir Thomas Browne

In some cases, the need to usher superannuated politicians out the door is indisputable.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

The succession law puts a superannuated senator third in line.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

Before they can solve that mystery and save their lives, the superannuated Sphinxes have to deal with the vicious Brad.

From Washington Post Sep. 13, 2022

It’s a poignant, faintly surreal encounter, two superannuated grandees coming to terms with their own obsolescence, but Morgan felt it didn’t quite work as an ending.

From New York Times Nov. 6, 2019

At about one o’clock we came at last to old 64, a lonesome, superannuated two-lane road through the mountains.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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