supersede
From LSJ
κακῆς ἀπ΄ἀρχῆς γίγνεται τέλος κακόν. → from a bad beginning comes a bad end (Euripides' Aeolus fr. 32)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
deprive of office: P. παραλύειν (τινά) τῆς ἀρχῆς.
be successor to: P. διαδέχεσθαι (dat.).