supersedere

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

supersedere (plural supersederes)

  1. (law) A creditor's voluntary surcease of personal execution in behalf of a debtor.
    • 1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Oxford University Press, published 2002, page 406:
      Mr Sweepclean, secede paulisper, or, in your own language, grant us a supersedere of diligence for five minutes.

Latin

Verb

supersēdēre

  1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of supersideō
  2. third-person plural perfect active indicative of supersedeō

Verb

supersedēre

  1. inflection of supersedeō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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