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Webster 1913 Edition


Supererogate

Suˊper-er′o-gate

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Supererogated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Supererogating
.]
[L.
supererogatus
, p. p. of
supererogare
to spend or pay out over and above;
super
over, above +
erogare
to expend or pay out money from the public treasury after asking the consent of the people. See
Super-
, and
Erogate
,
Rogation
.]
To do more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality.
The fervency of one man in prayer can not
supererogate
for the coldness of another.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Supererogate

SUPERER'OGATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. super and erogatio, erogo.] To do more than duty requires. Aristotle's followers have supererogated in observance. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


supererogate

supererogate

English

Verb

supererogate (third-person singular simple present supererogates, present participle supererogating, simple past and past participle supererogated)

  1. To engage in supererogation.
    • The Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter XVI, article iv:
      They who, in their obedience, attain to the greatest height which is possible in this life, are so far from being able to supererogate, and to do more than God requires, []

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Latin

Verb

superērogāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of superērogō