SUPERANNUATE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does superannuate mean? 

• SUPERANNUATE (verb)
  The verb SUPERANNUATE has 4 senses:

1. retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability
2. declare to be obsolete
3. become obsolete
4. retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity

  Familiarity information: SUPERANNUATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERANNUATE (verb)

Meaning:

Retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "superannuate" is one way to...):

retire (make (someone) retire)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Meaning:

Declare to be obsolete

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "superannuate" is one way to...):

adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Meaning:

Become obsolete

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "superannuate" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Meaning:

Retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "superannuate" is one way to...):

retire (go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody