The steam engine began to supplant the muscular power of men and animals(James Harvey Robinson.To supersede is to replace one person or thing by another held to be superior, more valuable or useful, or less antiquated:

• 蒸汽机开始取代人和动物的劳动（詹姆士 哈维 罗宾逊）。Supersede是指用另一个被认为更优秀、更有价值、更有用或者更年轻的人或物代替某人或某物：