<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.</li><li>to set aside or cause to be set aside as void, useless, irrelevant, or obsolete, usually in consideration of something mentioned: The success of the vaccine superseded the necessity of a smallpox hospital, and the enterprise was abandoned almost as soon as conceived.</li><li>Synonyms: rescind, revoke, annul, overrule, void.</li><li>to succeed to the position, function, office, etc., of; supplant.</li></ul>