superannuate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: su=per=an=nu=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

superannuate, v. t. [Pref. super- + L. annus a year.].

•  To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.  Sir T. Browne.  [1913 Webster]
•  To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.  [1913 Webster]

superannuate, v. i. 

 To last beyond the year; -- said of annual plants.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

superannuate, v.tr.
1 retire (a person) with a pension.
2 dismiss or discard as too old for use, work, etc.
3 (as superannuated adj.) too old for work or use; obsolete.

Derivative

superannuable adj.

Etymology

back-form. f. superannuated f. med.L superannuatus f. L SUPER- + annus year

THESAURUS

superannuate

abdicate, age, antiquate, be pensioned, be superannuated, be superseded, become extinct, become obsolete, boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, date, deconsecrate, defrock, degrade, demit, demote, deplume, depose, deprive, dethrone, disbar, discharge, discrown, disemploy, disenthrone, dismiss, displace, displume, drum out, excommunicate, expel, fade, fall into disuse, fire, fossilize, furlough, fust, give the ax, give the gate, give up, go out, grow old, junk, kick, kick upstairs, lay off, leave, let go, let out, liquidate, lose currency, make redundant, molder, obsolesce, obsolete, oust, outdate, overthrow, pass away, pension, pension off, perish, purge, quit, read out of, release, relinquish, remove, remove from office, renounce the throne, replace, resign, retire, retire from office, rust, sack, scrap, separate forcibly, stand aside, stand down, step aside, strip, strip of office, strip of rank, surplus, suspend, turn off, turn out, unchurch, unfrock, unsaddle, unseat, unthrone, vacate, withdraw from