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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-dŏm'i-nant, n.p. 1327(Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant;—called also sub-mediant.
  2. 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…
  3. 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.
  4. Sū'per-ēm'i-nent-ly, adv.p. 1327In a supereminent manner; in a superior degree of excellence; with unusual distinction.
  5. Sū'per-ēr'o-gant, a.p. 1327Supererogatory. [Obs.]
  6. 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…
  7. 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…
  8. Sū'per-e-rōg'a-tĭve, a.p. 1327Supererogatory. [Rare.]
  9. 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.
  10. Sū'per-es-sĕn′tial, a.p. 1327Essential above others, or above the constitution of a thing.
  11. Sū'per-ēth'ic-al, a.p. 1327More than ethical; above ethics.
  12. Sū'per-ex-alt', v. t.p. 1327To exalt to a superior degree.
  13. Sū'per-ex-al-tā'tion, n.p. 1327Elevation above the common degree.
  14. Sū'per-ēx'cel-lence, n.p. 1327Superior excellence.
  15. Sū'per-ēx'cel-lent, a.p. 1327Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent.
  16. Sū'per-ex-er-ēs'cence, n.p. 1327Something superfluously growing.
  17. Sū'-per-fēc'un-dā'tion, n.p. 1327Superfetation; superconception.
  18. Sū'per-fe-cun'di-ty, n.p. 1327Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species.
  19. Sū'per-fē'tāte, v. i.p. 1327To conceive after a prior conception. The female is said to superfetate. Green.
  20. 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…
  21. Sū'per-fēte, v. i.p. 1327To superfetate. [Obs.] Howell.
  22. Sū'per-fēte, v. t.p. 1327To conceive after a former conception. [Obs.] Howell.
  23. Sū'per-fĭçe, n.p. 1327Superficies; surface. [Obs.] See SUPERFICIES.
  24. 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…
  25. Sū'per-fĭ'cial-ist, n.p. 1327One who attends to any thing superficially; a superficial or shallow person; a sciolist; a smatterer.
  26. Sū'per-fī'ci-āl'i-ty, n.p. 1327The quality of being superficial. [Rare.] Browne.
  27. Sū'per-fī'cial-ly, adv.p. 1327In a superficial manner; on the surface only; as, a substance superficially tinged with a color.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. Sū'per-fī'ci-a-ry, a.p. 1327(Civil Law.) Belonging, or relating, to the superficies or surface.
  31. 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…
  32. Sū'per-fine, a.p. 1327Very fine, or most fine; surpassing others in fineness; as, superfine cloth.
  33. Sū'per-fine'ness, n.p. 1327The state or quality of being superfine.
  34. Su-pēr'flu-ence, n.p. 1327Superfluity; more than is necessary. [Obs. and rare.] Hammond.
  35. Sū'per-flū'i-tance, n.p. 1327The act of floating above or on the surface. [Obs.] Browne.
  36. Sū-per-flū'i-tant, a.p. 1327Floating above or on the surface. [Obs.] Browne.
  37. Sū'per-flū'i-ty, n.p. 1327A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water or provisions. 2. The state of being superfluous; something that is beyond what is wanted; something rendered unnecessary…
  38. Su-pĕr'flu-ous, a.p. 1327More than is wanted or sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; needless; excessive. “An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous.” E.…
  39. Su-pêr'/flu-oüs-ly, adv.p. 1327In a superfluous manner; with excess; in a degree beyond what is necessary.
  40. Su-pêr'flu-ous-ness, n.p. 1327The state of being superfluous, or beyond what is wanted.
  41. Sū'per-flūx, n.p. 1327That which is more than is wanted; a superabundance or superfluity. [Rare.] But a second to yourself I never knew, To groan under the super-flux of blessings. Rowley.
  42. Sū'per-fō'li-ā'tion, n.p. 1327Excess of foliation. [Obs.] Browne.
  43. Sū'per-hēat, v. t.p. 1327(Steam-eng.) To heat, as steam, apart from contact with water, until it resembles a perfect gas. See STEAM.
  44. Sū'per-hēat'er, n.p. 1327(Steam-eng.) An apparatus for superheating steam.
  45. Sū'per-hū'man, a.p. 1327Above or beyond what is human; divine; as, superhuman strength.
  46. Sū'per-im-pōse', v. t.p. 1327To lay or impose on something else; as, a stratum of earth superimposed on another stratum.
  47. Sū'per-im'po-sĭ'tion, n.p. 1327The act of superimposing or laying, or the state of being superimposed on something else. Kirwan.
  48. Sū'per-im'preg-nā'tion, n.p. 1327The act of impregnating upon a prior impregnation; impregnation when previously impregnated; superfetation. Coxe.
  49. Sū/per-in-cūm'ben'ence or Sū/per-in-cūm'ben-cy, n.p. 1327The state of being superincumbent.
  50. Sū'per-in-cūm'bent, a.p. 1327Lying, or resting, on something else.
  51. Sū'per-in-dūçe', v. t.p. 1327To bring in, or upon, as an addition to something. Long custom of sinning superinduces upon the soul new and absurd desires. South.
  52. Sū'per-in-dūçe'ment, n.p. 1327Superinduction.
  53. Sū'per-in-dūc'tion, n.p. 1327The act of superinducing, or the state of being superinduced. The superinduction of ill habits quickly defaces the first rude draught of virtue. South.
  54. Sū'per-in-fūse', v. t.p. 1327To infuse over. [Rare.]
  55. Sū'per-in-jēe'tion, n.p. 1327An injection succeeding another.
  56. Sū/per-in-spĕct', v. t.p. 1327To oversee; to superintend by inspection. [Rare.]
  57. Sū/per-in'sti-tū'tion, n.p. 1327One institution upon another, as when A is instituted and admitted to a benefice upon a title, and B is instituted and admitted upon the presentation of another. Bailey.
  58. Sū'per-in'tel-lēct'ū-al, a.p. 1327Being above intellect.
  59. Sū'per-in-tĕnd', v. t.p. 1327To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a…
  60. Sū'per-in-tĕnd'ençe or Sū'per-in-tĕnd'en-cy, n.p. 1327The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction, and with authority to direct. Syn.—Inspection; oversight; care; direction; control; guidance.