super secular

[Prefix super-, and Eng. secular (q. v.).] Being above the world or secular things. superstition B. Transitive : 1. To make void, inefficacious, or null by superior power; to set aside, to suspend, to render unnece ary. "One other doctrine there is, which constantly accompanies the doctrine of irrespective decrees, which super sedes all farther dispute in this matter."- Hammond : Works , i. 486. 2. To come or be placed in the room of; to displace. "They have, according to this Californian damsel, superseded men as stenographers, telegraphists, copyists, and typewriters." -London Daily Telegraph . 3. To remove from office, or the like, by placing or appointing another in the room of. "Yet the very sex superseded , or forced to accept reduced wages, must still 'foot the bills' as in the old times of masculine exclusivene ." - London Daily Telegraph. sù-per-se-dě-ăs, s . [Lat., 2d pers. sing., from subjunctive of supersedeo to supersede (q. v.). 1. Lit. & Law : A writ having in general the effect of a command to stay or forbear, on good cause shown, any ordinary proceedings which might otherwise be proceeded with. *2. Fig .: A stay, a stop. "To give a supersedeas to industry." -Hammond: Works, i. 480. *sü-per-sēd-er, subst . [Eng. supersed(e); -er.] One who supersedes. "The superseders of your nobler aims." R. Browning: Para cels us, iv. sü-per-se-dure, s. [Eng. supersed(e); -ure.] The act of superseding; superse ion. *sü-per-sem-In-āte, v. t. [Prefix super- , and Eng. seminate (q. v.).] To scatter seed over or above, to di eminate: s. A u-per-sem-l-nation, thin [SUPER SEMINA "The envious man's super semination, or sowing of tares above the wheat."-Bramhall: Works , ii. 132. sü-per-sen-si-ble, a. [Pref. super-, and Eng. sensible.bove or beyond the reach of the senses; above the natural powers of perception; supersensual. The supersensible : That which is above the reach of the senses; that which is supersensual. sü-per-sen-si-tive-ne , s . [Pref. super- , and Eng. sensitivene (q. v.).] Exce ive sensitivene ; morbid sensibility.