superseduren.
/ˌsuːpəˈsiːdʒə/, /ˌsjuːpəˈsiːdʒə/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈsidʒər/ 1. Chiefly U.S. An act or the action of superseding a person or thing (in various senses of supersede v.); the condition or fact of being superseded; supersession.
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the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > [noun]
supplantingc1350
supplanta1393
supplantariea1393
supplantation1563
displantinga1616
succeeding1644
replacement1743
supplantment1756
supersedure1758
supersedence1772
supersession1796
substitution1829
displacement1869
supplantal1891
1758 J. Massie Plan Establishm. Charity-houses iv. 100 The said Supercedures of Settlement by Birth have also introduced..a contemptible low Cunning among substantial People, in their Dealings with working People.
1788 A. Hamilton in A. Hamilton et al. Federalist II. lxxxi. 319 An implied supersedure of the trial by jury, in favour of the civil law mode of trial.
1861 W. P. Black Let. 4 Dec. in M. E. Banasik Duty, Honor, & Country (2006) ii. 52 On account of our marches, the supercedures, &c...Capt. L. remained in arrest some 5 or 6 weeks but was finally released & has resumed command of his company.
1866 W. R. Alger Solitudes Nature & Man iv. 211 The supersedure of actual companionship by an ideal one.
1903 J. V. Brower Minnesota vi. 110 Let Mr. Hill's translation remain first, without supercedure.
1950 ABA Jrnl. Aug. 661/2 The close of the period he finds marked by the crystallization of the natural law doctrine and its supersedure by the analytical and historical theories.
1979 A. J. Gregor Young Mussolini & Intellect. Origins Fascism ii. 37 As he [sc. Friedrich Engels] saw it, the supersedure of capitalism would be the consequence of a class struggle.
2001 K.-O. Apel Response Disc. Ethics ii. 13 Even more important, however, are the ‘supersedures’ and ‘superformings’ of the quasi moral instinct-residuals.
2. Chiefly Bee-keeping. Replacement of an old or infertile queen by a new one reared in the same colony; an instance of this. supersedure cell n. a brood cell in which a queen larva is reared prior to replacing an existing queen.
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1872 Amer. Bee Jrnl. Jan. 151/1 Only in cases of supersedure are the young queens allowed to hatch, and then frequently the young and the old queen remain peaceably in the hive.
1897 Brit. Bee Jrnl. 25 30/1 The year 1893 was a year of some surplus, so there were a good many supersedures.
1917 Gleanings Bee Culture Aug. 630/1 Supersedure cells can be distinguished, however, from swarming cells usually by the season.
1937 Times 12 July 18/7 Supersedure of a worn-out queen often takes place relatively late in the season.
1990 B. Hölldobler & E. O. Wilson Ants iv. 186/1 Queen succession..occurs in species that reproduce by colony fission and queen supersedure. Prominent examples include ecitonine army ants.
2011 H. Nordhaus Beekeeper's Lament vii. 182 Queens in nature are produced through the unpredictable processes of supersedure (replacing a failing or dead queen) and swarming (producing a second one to split the hive).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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