superannuate

英 [sjuːpə'rænjʊeɪt] 美 [sjuːpə'rænjʊeɪt]

• v. (使)领养老金退休；解雇(年老者)；废弃

英英释义

Verb:

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

经典引文

• This change..does not superannuate either Shakespeare, or Homer.

  出自： T. S. Eliot