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Hly2004 Posted 20 years ago
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sweep under the edge of my counscience?

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0Hello Hly02br 02br 00Here's what it means:01blockquote 02br 12br 10"I was a nun because of my religious belief(s). For as long as possible, I clung to that belief. The one day I was thinking about myself, and I discovered that my religious belief had been replaced by a belief in something else – a belief I couldn't simply ignore.

— MrPedantic

  • 0Hello Hly02br 02br 00Here's what it means:01blockquote 02br 12br 10"I was a nun because of my religious belief(s).
  • For as long as possible, I clung to that belief.
  • The one day I was thinking about myself, and I discovered that my religious belief had been replaced by a belief in something else – a belief I couldn't simply ignore.
  • It was very difficult for me to acknowledge that my religious belief had gone, and had been superseded by belief in something else.
  • )02br 02br 00MrP0-
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0Hello Hly02br
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01cite10MrPedantic12cite10(The cartoonist has misspelt "superseded".)12br
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10Merriam-Webster appears to have 01i00supercede02i00 as a variant of 01i00supersede02i00.0-
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0Yes; though interestingly, they don't include it in their entry for "supersede".02br
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00In early English, you often find a "-cede" form, as the word came into English via the Old French "supercéder", from the Latin "supersedeo" (OED).02br
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00It's a very common misspelling, though. I wouldn't be surprised if Oxford also surrendered at some point.0
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