superannuate


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
superannuate /ˌsuːpərˈanjʊeɪt/
verb
  • 1 retire with a pension.

    ■ (as adj. superannuated) belonging to a superannuation scheme.

  • 2 (as adj. superannuated) too old or outdated to be effective or useful.
– derivatives
superannuable adjective.
– origin C17: from med. L. superannuatus, from L. super- ‘over’ + annus ‘year’.
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