supervene upon

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supervene upon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]