supervene upon

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
supervene upon
    v 1: take the place or move into the position of; "Smith
         replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer
         has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the
         team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
         [syn: {supplant}, {replace}, {supersede}, {supervene upon},
         {supercede}]
    

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