▪ I. † superannate, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. med.L. superannātus (of cattle) more than a year old, f. super annum beyond a year: see super- 7 b and -ate2. Cf. F. suranné, It. soprannato.]
= superannuated.
| 1608 J. King Serm. 5 Nov. 15 It is not so auncient & superannate as the story of Pope Ione. 1629 Maxwell tr. Herodian (1635) 268 He alledging he was super-annate, refuses the Empire. [1652 C. B. Stapylton Herodian xiv. 121 Audentius therefore safely shall them Guard, If he be pleas'd..But he replies (with Modesty) I cannot, You see, quoth he, my time is super-ann'ate.] |
▪ II. † superannate, v. Obs. rare.
[f. med.L. superannātus: see prec. and -ate3.]
1. intr. To live beyond the year; to survive till the next year.
| 1626 Bacon Sylva §448 The Dying, in the winter, of the Roots of Plants, that are Annuall, seemeth to be partly caused by the Over-Expence of the Sap into Stalke, and Leaves; which being prevented, they will super-annate, if they stand warme. |
| Cf. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Superannate, Superannuate, to out-wear with years, to out-live, or exceed in years, to grow old, or out of date, to live longer. Bac[on]. |
2. trans. ? To be too ancient for.
| 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriot. iii. 42 These crumbling reliques..superannate such expectations. |