Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes ...
....
> OK, I'll bite, seeing as how there's a twenty-year-old OED Compact
> Edition not two feet to my right ... [flip, flip] ... Superbly,
> Superbness, Superbous, Supercargo, here we go:
>
> Supercede: var. (now erron.) of Supersede.
>
> That seems pretty definitive.
>
....
Whatever; we have "recede", "intercede", ... . "Supersede" just looks
goofy-- like it should be pronounced with a short "e" ("e" as in "Ed").
"Supercedes" is even worse. It looks like a Greek name-- e.g. "the great
warrior Supercedes".
Dictionary writers can kick and scream all they like; eventually, sanity
will prevail and "supercede" will supercede "supersede".
Rubywand
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