α. 1600s– supercession (now nonstandard).
β. 1600s– supersession.
单词 | supersession |
释义 | supersessionn.α. 1600s– supercession (now nonstandard). β. 1600s– supersession. I. Senses related to supersede v. I. 1. Cessation, discontinuance. rare.Quot. 1656 is based on quot. 1611. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > [noun] lissc1000 ceasec1330 stintc1330 stinting1338 ceasinga1340 discontinuancea1398 cessationa1400 leaving-off?a1425 surceasingc1435 disusage1475 stop1483 staying1546 discontinuation1572 discontinuing1582 surcease1590 stintance1605 cessure1607 desisting1607 avocationa1617 desistance1632 sistencea1639 surceasementa1641 supersession1648 dispractice1673 breaking-off1683 estoppage1701 cess1703 cesser1809 shutdown1857 stoppage1865 shut-off1889 sign-off1919 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Supersession, a surceasing, leauing off, giuing ouer; and in Exchequer matters, the suspension of an Accompt.] 1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia xvi. ii. 296 This is that holy Kings supercession and suspense of his judgement. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Supersession, a surceasing, a leaving off, or giving over. 1929 W. B. Yeats Winding Stair 5 A great man in his pride Confronting murderous men Casts derision upon Supersession of breath. 2. The setting aside, abrogation, or annulment of a rule, law, authority, conditions, etc. Usually with of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun] > of decree, law, etc. extinguishment1528 renversinga1614 supersession1790 denunciation1885 society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun] > legal invalidity or faultiness > annulment or abrogation reversing?a1425 repealing1431 abatementc1436 cancellingc1440 annullation1449 defeasance1456 voidance1488 reversal1489 reduction1496 repeal1503 extinguishment1528 disannulling1533 abrogation1535 obrogation1535 unplacing1554 nullity1555 reversement1572 reclaim1604 disaffirmancea1626 avoidance1628 rescinding1638 cassating1647 vacating1648 voiding1649 defease1650 annulment1651 unlawing1651 defeat1657 vacuating1684 peremption1726 invalidation1771 rescindment1783 supersession1790 disaffirmation1827 disenactment1859 discharge1892 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ v. 186 Our epistle..avows in direct terms the supersession of the Jewish law, as an instrument of salvation even to the Jews themselves. 1798 E. H. Bay Rep. Cases Superior Courts S.-Carolina 192 The election of the new sheriff..was a supercession of his [sc. the former's] office. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. xii. §2. 216 The general law of diminishing return from land would have undergone..a temporary supersession. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. vi. iii. 73 Their chiefs and headmen, insulted by the supercession of their authority. 1893 Times 3 June 9/4 The supersession of a number of amendments by the application of the closure to a whole clause. 1941 H. J. Bridges Humanity on Trial vii. 163 The proper function of authority is to render itself unnecessary, and bring about its own supersession, at the earliest possible moment. 1987 Oxf. Jrnl. Legal Stud. 7 97 The supersession of the more restrictive law on common injunctions..has meant that maintenance of the conventional view of the Judicature Acts is perfectly consistent with the abandonment of the orthodoxy on estate contracts. 2008 F. A. Boyle Protesting Power ii. 57 If the treaty or executive agreement was enacted into law after the statute, it should supersede the statute, or at least the jury is entitled to decide this issue of supersession. II. Senses related to supersede v. II. 3. The removal of a person from an office or position and installation of a replacement. Also: the passing over or ignoring of a person for promotion. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [noun] > and substitution of another supersedal1663 supersession1764 superseding1794 1764 Scots Mag. June 345/2 The reason given for sending Mr Spencer back to Bombay was, to produce unanimity in the settlement of Bengal; by preventing those heartburnings which an unjust supersession naturally excites. 1801 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 306 My supercession must have been occasioned, either by my own misconduct, or by an alteration of the sentiments of the Governor General. 1809 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) IV. 370 These officers are injured by the temporary supercession of themselves by their juniors. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. xii. iv. 667 He immediately gave the appointment of commander-in-chief to Ahmed Khán Bangash,..in supersession of Najíb u doula. 1894 Ld. Wolseley Life Marlborough I. 25 Captain Aylmer was made Admiral over his head. This supercession followed soon upon his eldest brother's disgrace. 1912 Times 19 Dec. 11/1 The disciplinary action taken by the Board of Admiralty..involved the supersession of one officer and the censure of another. 1949 W. S. Churchill Second World War II. i. 9 I could not but realise that his supersession by me must be very unpleasant to many of them, after all my long years of criticism and often fierce reproach. 1988 Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 1/1 Gen. Bagnall's independence of mind was seen by many senior army officers as an explanation of his supersession. 2005 in S. R. Bakshi et al. Early Aryans to Swaraj VII. v. 83 The Company only received a full and detailed account six months after he was recalled, and when they received it they cancelled his supercession, but..too late, for he had already sailed for home. 4. Displacement, replacement. Usually with by. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > [noun] supplantingc1350 supplanta1393 supplantariea1393 supplantation1563 displantinga1616 succeeding1644 replacement1743 supplantment1756 supersedure1758 supersedence1772 supersession1796 substitution1829 displacement1869 supplantal1891 1796 J. B. Gilchrist Gram. Hindoostanee Lang. v. 143 The personal pronouns..were very liable to supersession by other words, deemed more respectful and polite. 1855 G. B. Wood Treat. Pract. Med. (ed. 4) I. 227 Supersession. By this process is meant the displacing or prevention of one affection by the establishment of another in the seat of it. 1865 Times 25 Jan. 12/2 That vessel..since her supercession for Her Majesty's personal use by the Victoria and Albert. 1875 M. Pattison I. Casaubon 487 It is the fate of science that the books, in which it is consigned, are in a constant state of supersession. 1892 R. Lydekker Phases Animal Life 37 The supersession of the Pterodactyles by the Birds as the lords of the air. 1912 W. H. Stevenson in Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 22 (note) The supersession of aratrum by carruca among the Gauls. 1944 E. E. Williams Capitalism & Slavery i. 22 Where the whites disappeared, the cause was not the climate but the supersession of the small farm by the large plantation, with its consequent demand for a large and steady supply of labor. 1993 W. Nicholls Christian Antisemitism v. 184 The now classic motif of the replacement and supersession of Israel by the Church as the chosen people of God. 2009 A. Dix & L. Piatti in M. M. Elbert & M. Drews Culinary Aesthetics & Pract. in 19th-cent. Amer. Lit. i. iii. 56 The sirop d'orgeat, a sugary, almond-based drink facing supersession by newer American beverages, is offered..in a Creole household. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1648 |
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