superannuate

Example Sentences

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

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

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 Browne, Thomas, Sir

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 Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock

As he increased in years so did he in his abstractions of mind, and the governors of the charity thought it necessary to superannuate him with a pension.

From Jacob Faithful by Marryat, Frederick

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 Kingston, William Henry Giles