Goonhub
08-23-2016, 05:10 AM
Wow supersede is more vague than I thought it was. I always thought of it along the lines of 'has more authority than', in which case it would take precedence over all other laws when dealing with the subject-law's content. Eg 'BURN EVERYTHING THIS SUPERSEDES ALL OTHER LAWS' would mean burn everything all the time because you actively can, and 'Fart on the clown when it's down, this supersedes all other laws' would mean farting on the clown whenever you see it downed.
That's just my definition gained through context over the years so it's probably wrong.
Looking at the roots it seems to come from super, which means 'above' (latin), and sedere, which means 'sit'(latin), which makes it 'to sit above'.
The dictionaries mostly use language like 'replace', 'void', 'usurp', and 'supplant' - the last one, oddly enough, often seems to reference supersede in it's own definition.
Wikitionary states: From Middle French superseder (“postpone, defer”), from Latin supersedere, from super (“over”) + sedere (“to sit”). The meaning “to replace” is from 1642, probably by association with unrelated precede – note that ‘c’ instead of ‘s’ (from cedere (“to yield”), not sedere (“to sit”)). As a result, supercede is a common misspelling – see therein for further discussion.
So it seems to be one of those things that has changed meaning from it's origin through popular usage, hence the confusion. The most popular definition tends to be 'to replace' so that's safe, but with words that are murky like this you can really just choose the definition you like best. Or you could just contact the uploader an ask their intent if you're into stuff like that.
Oh hey, I must be really bored. Now what...
That's just my definition gained through context over the years so it's probably wrong.
Looking at the roots it seems to come from super, which means 'above' (latin), and sedere, which means 'sit'(latin), which makes it 'to sit above'.
The dictionaries mostly use language like 'replace', 'void', 'usurp', and 'supplant' - the last one, oddly enough, often seems to reference supersede in it's own definition.
Wikitionary states: From Middle French superseder (“postpone, defer”), from Latin supersedere, from super (“over”) + sedere (“to sit”). The meaning “to replace” is from 1642, probably by association with unrelated precede – note that ‘c’ instead of ‘s’ (from cedere (“to yield”), not sedere (“to sit”)). As a result, supercede is a common misspelling – see therein for further discussion.
So it seems to be one of those things that has changed meaning from it's origin through popular usage, hence the confusion. The most popular definition tends to be 'to replace' so that's safe, but with words that are murky like this you can really just choose the definition you like best. Or you could just contact the uploader an ask their intent if you're into stuff like that.
Oh hey, I must be really bored. Now what...