supersedere

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

supersedere (plural supersederes)

1. (law) A creditor's voluntary surcease of personal execution in behalf of a debtor.
   • 1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Oxford University Press, published 2002, page 406:

     Mr Sweepclean, secede paulisper, or, in your own language, grant us a supersedere of diligence for five minutes.

Latin

Verb

supersēdēre

1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of supersideō
2. third-person plural perfect active indicative of supersedeō

Verb

supersedēre

1. inflection of supersedeō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative