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I don't understand what you mean. There is a Latin word 'supersedere' but there is no 'supercedere'.



I guess I got the meaning of cedere wrong. If it has this “to give way” sense, then yep, adding super to it makes no sense in this context. That said, you can add “super” to almost anything, since it means “over”. It just has to have reasonable meaning.


Ah fair enough. All words are invented and language is fluid and all that. I was just trying to be helpful because we all have our spelling blind spots.




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