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Find the correctly spelt word:
Answer: C
Correct answer: Supersede
The correct spelling is supersede, with an s in the second half - not a c. It is the only English word ending in -sede. The confusion arises because the far commoner ending is -cede: precede, recede, concede, intercede, accede and secede all take it, and by analogy supercede looks right. The reason for the difference is that supersede comes from the Latin sedere, to sit - to supersede is literally to sit above - whereas the -cede words come from cedere, to go or yield. Two different roots, two different spellings. Three further words end in -ceed rather than -cede: proceed, exceed and succeed. Those three, plus supersede, are the entire set of exceptions to -cede, and are worth memorising as such.
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