vbl. sb. [f. SUPERSEDE v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb SUPERSEDE.
† 1. Postponement, delay. Obs.
1637–50. Row, Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.), 92. The King’s Commissioner desyred the superseeding of the pronunceing of the finall sentence till first the King should be advertised of it.
2. Supersession. Also attrib. (or ppl. a.).
1805. James, Milit. Dict. (ed. 2), Superseding signal, a signal hoisted … on board a ship, giving notice that some individual has been deprived of his authority.
1823. Crabb, Technol. Dict., Superseding (Polit.), a term applied to any officer in the army, or navy, who succeeds to the identical situation of another by special appointment.
1908. W. Churchill, Mr. Crewe’s Career, xxvii. 441. Hilary had read the superseding orders.
1909. R. Law, Tests of Life, xvi. 320. The impression these convey is that of an implied correction, a tacit superseding of the popular belief.
