Both Uses of
supersede
in
Northanger Abbey
- This brief account of the family is intended to supersede the necessity of a long and minute detail from Mrs. Thorpe herself, of her past adventures and sufferings, which might otherwise be expected to occupy the three or four following chapters; in which the worthlessness of lords and attornies might be set forth, and conversations, which had passed twenty years before, be minutely repeated.†
Chpt 4
- The general declared he could say no more; the claims of Mr. and Mrs. Allen were not to be superseded; but on some other day he trusted, when longer notice could be given, they would not refuse to spare her to her friend.†
Chpt 13 *
Definition:
take the place of -- especially replacing something old or inferior
or:
to cause to be set aside
or:
to cause to be set aside