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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Sū'per-al'tar, n.p. 1326An altar placed above another.
  2. Sū'per-an-gēl'ic, a.p. 1326Superior in nature or rank to the angels.
  3. Sū'per-ān'nu-āte, v. t.p. 1326To impair or disqualify by old age and infirmity; as, a superannuated magistrate. 2. To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity. Simmonds.
  4. Sū'per-ăn'nu-āte, v. i.p. 1326To last beyond the year. [Obs.] Bacon.
  5. Sū'per-ăn'nu-ā'tion, n.p. 1326The state of being superannuated, or too old for office or business, or of being disqualified by old age; decrepitude. “Slyness blinking through the watery eye of superannuation.” Coleridge.
  6. Su-pērb', a.p. 1326Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade. 2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations. 3. Showy; pompous; as, a superb exhibition.
  7. Su-pēr'bi-āte, v. i.p. 1326To grow or become proud or haughty. [Obs. and rare.] “Spain superbiates.” Feltham.
  8. Sū'per-bī-pār'tient, n.p. 1326(Math.) A number that divides another number nearly, but not exactly, into two parts, leaving something over after the parts are equalized. Smart.
  9. Su-pēr'b'ly, adv.p. 1326In a superb or splendid manner; magnificently; richly; elegantly; showily; pompously.
  10. Su-pêrb'ness, n.p. 1327The state of being superb, or proudly magnificent.
  11. Sū'per-cār'go, n.p. 1327An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose business is to manage the sales and superintend all the commercial concerns of the voyage.
  12. Sū'per-çe-lēs'tial, a.p. 1327Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven.
  13. Sū'per-chārge', v. t.p. 1327(Her.) To place upon or over another, as a charge or bearing.
  14. Sū'per-chār'ge, n.p. 1327(Her.) A bearing or figure placed upon another.
  15. Su-pērch'er-y, n.p. 1327Deceit; fraud; imposition. [Obs.]
  16. Sū'per-cil'i-a-ry, a.p. 1327(Anat.) Situated or being above the eyebrow. Superciliary arch, the bony superior arch of the orbit.
  17. Sū/per-çĭl'i-oŭs, a.p. 1327Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; as, a supercilious officer. 2. Manifesting haughtiness, or proceeding from it; overbearing; as, a supercilious air; supercilious behavior.
  18. Sū'per-çil'i-oŭs-ly, adv.p. 1327In a supercilious manner; haughtily; dogmatically.
  19. Sū'per-çīl'i-ous-ness, n.p. 1327The state of being supercilious; an overbearing temper or manner; haughtiness.
  20. Sū'per-cōn-cep'tion, n.p. 1327A conception after a former conception; superfetation. [Rare.] Browne.
  21. Sū'per-cŏn'se-quence, n.p. 1327Remote consequence. [Obs.] Browne.
  22. Sū'per-crēs'cence, n.p. 1327That which grows upon another growing thing. [Rare.] Browne.
  23. Sū'per-crē'scent, a.p. 1327Growing on some other growing thing. [Rare.] Johnson.
  24. Sū'per-cre-tā'ceous, a.p. 1327(Geol.) Lying above the chalk; supracretaceous.
  25. Sū'per-cū'ri-ous, a.p. 1327Excessively curious or inquisitive. Evelyn.
  26. Sū'per-dŏm'i-nant, n.p. 1327(Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant;—called also sub-mediant.
  27. Sū'per-ēm'i-nençe or Sū'per-ēm'i-nen-cy, n.p. 1327The state of being supereminent; distinguished eminence; as, the supereminence of Cicero as an orator, or of Lord Chatham as a statesman. He was not forever beset with the consciousness of his own…
  28. Sū'per-ēm'i-nent, a.p. 1327Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ.
  29. Sū'per-ēm'i-nent-ly, adv.p. 1327In a supereminent manner; in a superior degree of excellence; with unusual distinction.
  30. Sū'per-ēr'o-gant, a.p. 1327Supererogatory. [Obs.]
  31. Sū'per-ĕr'o-gāte, v. i.p. 1327To do more than duty requires; to atone for some deficiency in another by means of a surplus action or quality. [Rare.] The fervency of one man in prayer can not supererogate for the coldness of…
  32. Sū'per-ēr'o-gā'tiōn, n.p. 1327The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires. Works of supererogation (Rom. Cath. Church), those good deeds supposed to have been performed by saints, or capable of…
  33. Sū'per-e-rōg'a-tĭve, a.p. 1327Supererogatory. [Rare.]
  34. Sū'per-e-rōg'a-to-ry, a.p. 1327Performed to an extent not enjoined or not required by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services.
  35. Sū'per-es-sĕn′tial, a.p. 1327Essential above others, or above the constitution of a thing.
  36. Sū'per-ēth'ic-al, a.p. 1327More than ethical; above ethics.
  37. Sū'per-ex-alt', v. t.p. 1327To exalt to a superior degree.
  38. Sū'per-ex-al-tā'tion, n.p. 1327Elevation above the common degree.
  39. Sū'per-ēx'cel-lence, n.p. 1327Superior excellence.
  40. Sū'per-ēx'cel-lent, a.p. 1327Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent.
  41. Sū'per-ex-er-ēs'cence, n.p. 1327Something superfluously growing.
  42. Sū'-per-fēc'un-dā'tion, n.p. 1327Superfetation; superconception.
  43. Sū'per-fe-cun'di-ty, n.p. 1327Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species.
  44. Sū'per-fē'tāte, v. i.p. 1327To conceive after a prior conception. The female is said to superfetate. Green.
  45. Sū'per-fe-tā'tion, n.p. 1327A second conception after a prior one, and before the birth of the first, by which two fetuses are growing at once in the same womb; superconception. It then became a superfetation upon, and not an…
  46. Sū'per-fēte, v. i.p. 1327To superfetate. [Obs.] Howell.
  47. Sū'per-fēte, v. t.p. 1327To conceive after a former conception. [Obs.] Howell.
  48. Sū'per-fĭçe, n.p. 1327Superficies; surface. [Obs.] See SUPERFICIES.
  49. Sū'per-fī'cial, a.p. 1327Lying on, or pertaining to, the superficies or surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents. 2. Reaching or comprehending only what is…
  50. Sū'per-fĭ'cial-ist, n.p. 1327One who attends to any thing superficially; a superficial or shallow person; a sciolist; a smatterer.
  51. Sū'per-fī'ci-āl'i-ty, n.p. 1327The quality of being superficial. [Rare.] Browne.
  52. Sū'per-fī'cial-ly, adv.p. 1327In a superficial manner; on the surface only; as, a substance superficially tinged with a color.
  53. Sū'per-fī'cial-ness, n.p. 1327The state of being superficial; shallowness; position on the surface. 2. Slight knowledge; shallowness of observation or learning; show without substance; sciolism.
  54. Sū'per-fī'ci-a-ry, n.p. 1327(Civil Law.) One to whom a right of surface is granted; one who pays quittent for a house built upon another man's ground. Burrill.
  55. Sū'per-fī'ci-a-ry, a.p. 1327(Civil Law.) Belonging, or relating, to the superficies or surface.
  56. Sū'per-fī'ciēs, n.p. 1327The surface; the exterior part or face of a thing. 2. (Civil Law.) Every thing on the surface of a piece of ground, or of a building, so closely connected by art or nature as to constitute a part of…
  57. Sū'per-fine, a.p. 1327Very fine, or most fine; surpassing others in fineness; as, superfine cloth.
  58. Sū'per-fine'ness, n.p. 1327The state or quality of being superfine.
  59. Su-pēr'flu-ence, n.p. 1327Superfluity; more than is necessary. [Obs. and rare.] Hammond.
  60. Sū'per-flū'i-tance, n.p. 1327The act of floating above or on the surface. [Obs.] Browne.