Obs. rare. [ad. med.L. superannātus (of cattle) more than a year old, f. super annum beyond a year: see SUPER- 7 b and -ATE2. Cf. F. suranné, It. soprannato.] = SUPERANNUATED.
1608. J. King, Serm., 5 Nov., 15. It is not so auncient & superannate as the story of Pope Ione.
1629. Maxwell, trans. Herodian (1635), 268. He alledging he was super-annate, refuses the Empire.
[1652. C. B. Stapylton, Herodian, XIV. 121. Audentius therefore safely shall them Guard, If he be pleas’d … But he replies (with Modesty) I cannot, You see, quoth he, my time is super-ann’ate.]
