Definition of "supersedes" [supersedes]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of supersede. (verb)

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• "To believers, the word supersedes earthly matters."
• "To believers, the word supersedes earthly matters ... ""
• "No one would have said Mrs. Hartopp's nursery; and when in such a department the man's name supersedes the woman's, can more be said in proof of the tenderness he excites?"