About The Word Superannuate
Learn about the word Superannuate to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Superannuate definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Superannuate
| Superannuate Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Superannuate?
[v] retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity
[v] become obsolete [v] declare to be obsolete [v] retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability Synonyms | Synonyms for Superannuate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Superannuate: See Also | adjudge | change | declare | hold | retire | retire Superannuate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. To give a pension to, on account of old age or other
infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.
\Su`per*an"nu*ate\, v. i. To last beyond the year; -- said of annual plants. [Obs.] --Bacon. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- In-fighting ‐ boxing at close quarters [n] conflict between members of the…
- Protestant deacon ‐ a Protestant layman who assists…
- Awake ‐ stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the…
- Mensa ‐ a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere…
- Calculus ‐ the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with…
- Sonny ‐ a male child (a familiar term of address…
- Houyhnhnm ‐ one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in Swift's…
- Spontaneity ‐ the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings…
- Harikari ‐ (Japan) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced…
- Copland ‐ United States composer who developed a distinctly American music…