Superannuate \Su`per*an"nu*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Superannuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Superannuating.] [Pref.
super- + L. annus a year.]
1. To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.
--Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]
2. To give a pension to, on account of old age or other
infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
superannuated
adj 1: discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a
pension; "a superannuated civil servant" [syn: retired]
2: too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support
of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope
[syn: overage, overaged, over-the-hill]
3: old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete
words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment";
"superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas" [syn: obsolete,
outdated, out-of-date]
WordNet (r) 2.0
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "superannuated":
Gothic, Victorian, abandoned, abjured, antediluvian, antiquated,
antique, archaic, classical, deserted, discontinued, disused,
done with, emeritus, fossil, fossilized, grown old, in retirement,
medieval, mid-Victorian, not worth saving, obsolescent, obsolete,
of other times, old, old-fashioned, old-world, on pension,
on the shelf, out, out of use, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded,
outworn, past use, pensioned, pensioned off, petrified,
relinquished, renounced, resigned, retired, superannuate,
superseded, worn-out
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
obsolete, out-of-date, outdated, over-the-hill, overage, overaged, retired
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