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supersede(dictionary)

sooth (iou) and supersede (oh)


sooth (iou)



sooth adjective, noun, & adverb. arch.
[Old English soT = Old Saxon soe, Old Norse sannr, saer, from Germanic from Indo-European. Cf. Sanskrit satya. See also SOOTHE.]
A. adjective.
Veritable, real, genuine. OE-ME.
Of a statement etc.: true, not false or fictitious. OE.
Of a person etc.: telling or speaking the truth, truthful. ME.
Soothing, soft; smooth. poet. E19.
b. noun.
(The) truth, the facts; fact, verity. OE.
by my sooth, by my good sooth, by your sooth, by your good sooth my word!, my goodness! in sooth, in good sooth, in very sooth in truth, truly, really.
W. Haig How far my accuser is from the sooth in charging me with this imputation. Tennyson Was there sooth in Arthur's prophecy?
A true thing or saying; a truth. Long obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
Flattery, blandishments; a smooth or plausible word or speech. L16-E17.
C. adverb. Truly, truthfully, in truth. OE.
? Rare or obsolete (exc. in by my sooth, by your sooth, etc.) by M17; revived E19.

supersede (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: superseder 'to not do something', from Latin supersedere 'to be better than, not do something', from sedere 'to sit']
if a new idea, product, or method supersedes another one, it becomes used instead because it is more modern or effective
-synonym replace replace
::Their map has since been superseded by photographic atlases.