英和和英

語源

Back-formation from superannuated; Latin super "over" + annus "year"

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌsuːpəɹˈænjueɪt/

動詞

superannuate (三人称単数 現在形 superannuates, 現在分詞 superannuating, 過去形および過去分詞形 superannuated)

1. (transitive) To retire or put out of use due to age.
   • 1658, Thomas Browne, “(please specify a page number using |page= または |pageref=)”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], OCLC 48702491; reprinted as Hydriotaphia (The English Replicas), New York, N.Y.: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1927, OCLC 78413388:

     These crumbling relicks and long fired particles superannuate such expectations; bones, hairs, nails, and teeth of the dead, were the treasures of old sorcerers.

2. (transitive) To show to be obsolete due to age.
3. (intransitive) To retire due to age.
4. (intransitive) To become obsolete or antiquated.
5. (transitive) To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.

同意語

• (retire due to age, 他動詞): pension, pension off, put out to pasture
• (retire due to age, 自動詞): call it a day, hang up one's boots
• (become obsolete or antiquated): age, obsolesce; see also Thesaurus:to age
• (give a pension to): pension