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superannuate

/ˌsuːpəɹˈænjueɪt/

superannuate verb: to retire or put out of use due to age.

Verb

superannuate (third-person singular simple present superannuates, present participle superannuating, simple past and past participle superannuated)

  1. (transitive) To retire or put out of use due to age.
    • These crumbling relicks and long fired particles superannuate such expectations; bones, hairs, nails, and teeth of the dead, were the treasures of old sorcerers.1658, Thomas Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To show to be obsolete due to age.
  3. (intransitive) To retire due to age.
  4. (intransitive) To become obsolete or antiquated.
    Synonyms:
    age
  5. (transitive) To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.
    Synonyms:
    pension

superannuate meaning in Tamil and Kannada

superannuate in Tamil

அகவைமுதிர்வில் ஓய்வுகொடு

superannuate in Kannada

ನಿವೃತ್ತಿಗೊಳಿಸು, ಕೆಲಸದಿಂದ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಗೊಳಿಸು

Synonyms of superannuate

All synonyms of superannuate

Forms of superannuate

third-person singular presentsuperannuates
present participlesuperannuating
past participlesuperannuated
pastsuperannuated

Origin of superannuate

Back-formation from superannuated; Latin super "over" + annus "year"

Words formed from superannuate

Questions about superannuate

What does superannuate mean?
Superannuate means to retire or put out of use due to age.
What is superannuate in Tamil?
Superannuate in Tamil is அகவைமுதிர்வில் ஓய்வுகொடு. See Superannuate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is superannuate?
Superannuate is a verb.
How do you pronounce superannuate?
Superannuate is pronounced /ˌsuːpəɹˈænjueɪt/.
What is the past tense of superannuate?
The past tense of superannuate is superannuated.

Words near superannuate in the dictionary

  1. superanion
  2. superanions
  3. superannuable
  4. superannuant
  5. superannuants
  6. superannuate
  7. superannuated
  8. superannuates
  9. superannuating
  10. superannuation
  11. superannuations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: superannuate (page history and authors); superannuate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); superannuate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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