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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Sū'per-in'tel-lēct'ū-al, a. p. 1327Being above intellect.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…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.Sū'per-in-tēnd'ent, a. p. 1327Overseeing; superintending. Howell.Sū'per-in-tĕnd'ent, n. p. 1327One who has the oversight and charge of something, with the power of direction; as, the superintendent of an alms-house or work-house; the superintendent of public works; the superintendent of…Sū'per-in-tĕnd'er, n. p. 1327One who superintends; a superintendent. [Rare.] Whewell.Sū'per-in-vĕst'i-tūre, n. p. 1328An outer vestment or garment. [Rare.]Su-pē'ri-or, a. p. 1328More elevated in place; higher; upper; as, a superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. 2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree…Su-pē'ri-or, n. p. 1328One who is more advanced in age. 2. One who is more elevated in rank or office. 3. One who surpasses others in dignity, excellence, or qualities of any kind; as, Addison has no superior as a writer…Su-pē'ri-or-ess, n. p. 1328A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, nunnery, or the like; a female superior. [Rare.]Sū-pē'ri-ŏr'i-ty, n. p. 1328The state or quality of being superior, more advanced, higher, greater, or more excellent than another in any respect; preëminence; excellence; as, superiority of age, of rank or dignity, of…Su-pē'ri-or-ly, adv. p. 1328In a superior manner.Sū'per-jā'cent, a. p. 1328Lying above; as, superjacent rocks.Sū'per-lā'tion, n. p. 1328Exaltation of any thing beyond truth or propriety. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Su-pēr'la-tīve, a. p. 1328Lifted up to the highest degree; most eminent; surpassing all other; supreme; as, a man of superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of superlative beauty; the superlative glory of the divine…Su-pēr'la-tīve, n. p. 1328That which is highest or most eminent. 2. (Gram.) (a.) The degree of adjectives and adverbs which is formed by the termination est, as meanest, highest, bravest; or by the use of most, as most mean…Su-pĕr'la-tĭve-ly, adv. p. 1328In a superlative manner; in the highest or utmost degree.Su-pēr'la-tīve-ness, n. p. 1328The state of being superlative, or in the highest degree.Sū'per-lu-crā'tion, n. p. 1328Excessive or extraordinary gain. [Obs.] Davenant.Sū'per-lū'nar or Sū'per-lū'na-ry, a. p. 1328Being above the moon; not sublunary, or of this world. “The head that turns at superlunar things.” Pope.Sū'per-mē'di-al, a. p. 1328Lying or being above the middle.Sū'per-mōl'e-cūle, n. p. 1328A compounded molecule, or combination of two molecules of different substances. Prout.Sū'per-mūn'dāne, a. p. 1328Being above the world.Sū'per-mūn'di-al, a. p. 1328Supermundane. [Obs.]Sū'per-nāe'ti-lūm, n. p. 1328A kind of mock Latin term intended to mean upon the nail, used formerly by topers. Nares. Drinking super nagulum [supernaculum], a device of drinking, new come out of France, which is, after a man…Su-pĕr'nal, a. p. 1328Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as, the supernal orbs; supernal regions. 2. Relating to things above; celestial; heavenly; as, supernal grace. “Not by the sufferance of supernal…Sū'per-nā'tant, a. p. 1328Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water.Sū'per-na-tā'tion, n. p. 1328The act of floating on the surface of a fluid.Sū'per-nāt'ū-ral, a. p. 1328Being beyond, or exceeding, the powers or laws of nature; miraculous. Syn.— Preternatural.— SUPERNATURAL, PRETERNATURAL. Preternatural signifies beside nature, and supernatural, above or beyond…Sū'per-nāt'ū-ral-īzm, n. p. 1328The state of being supernatural. 2. The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in the grace which renews and…Sū'per-nāt'ū-ral-ist, n. p. 1328One who holds the principles of supernaturalism.Sū'per-nāt'ā-ral-ist'ie, a. p. 1328Of, or pertaining to, supernaturalism.Sū'per-năt'ū-răl'i-ty, n. p. 1328The state or quality of being supernatural.Sū'per-nāt'ū-ral-ly, adv. p. 1328In a supernatural manner, or one exceeding the established course or laws of nature.Sū'per-nāt'ū-ral-ness, n. p. 1328The state or quality of being supernatural, or beyond the power or ordinary laws of nature.Sū'per-nū'mer-a-ry, a. p. 1328Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment. 2. Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quantity; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary…Sū'per-nū'mer-a-ry, n. p. 1328A person or thing beyond the number stated, or beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed to fill the place of another, as of an officer killed in battle, an actor upon the…Sū/per-ōr/di-nā/tion, n. p. 1328The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied, as the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor. After the death of Augustine, Laurentius, a…Sū'per-ōx'ide, n. p. 1328(Chem.) (a.) An oxide containing more equivalents of oxygen than of the base with which it is combined; a hyperoxide. (b.) An oxide containing the greatest possible number of equivalents of oxygen; a…Sū'per-par-tic'ū-lar, a. p. 1328Of, or pertaining to, a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is a unit, as the ratio of 1 to 2, or of 3 to 4. [Obs.] Hutton.Sū'per-pār'tient, a. p. 1328Of, or pertaining to, a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is more than a unit, as that of 3 to 5, or of 7 to 10. [Obs.] Hutton.Sū′per-phōs′phate, n. p. 1328(Chem.) A phosphate containing the greatest amount of phosphoric acid that can combine with the base. Superphosphate of lime. (a.) (Com.) A fertilizer prepared by treating ground bones, bone-black…Sū'per-plānt, n. p. 1328A plant growing on another plant, as the mistletoe; a parasite; an epiphyte. [Obs.] Bacon.Sū'per-plēase', v. t. p. 1328To please exceedingly. [Obs.] He is confident it shall superplease Judicious spectators. B. Jonson.Sū'per-plūs, n. p. 1328Surplus. See SURPLUS. Goldsmith.Sū'per-plūs'age, n. p. 1328Surplusage. See SURPLUSAGE. Fell.Sū'per-pōl'i-tic, a. p. 1328More than politic; above or exceeding policy. Milton.Sū'per-pōn'der-āte, v. t. p. 1328To weigh over and above. [Obs.]Sū'per-pōse', v. t. p. 1328To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another.Sū-per-po-sĭ'tion, n. p. 1328The act of superposing; a being placed or situated above or upon something; as, the superposition of rocks. 2. The state of being superposed; that which is situated above or upon something else.Sū'per-prāise', v. i. p. 1328To praise to excess. Shak.Sū'per-pro-pōr'tiōn, n. p. 1328Overplus of proportion. Digby.Sū'per-pur-gā'tion, n. p. 1328More purgation than is sufficient. Wiseman.Sū'per-re-flēc'tion, n. p. 1328The reflection of an image reflected. Bacon.Sū'per-rē'gal, a. p. 1328More than regal or royal. Warburton.Sū'per-re-war'd, v. t. p. 1328To reward to excess.Sū/per-roy'al, a. p. 1328Larger than royal;—denoting the largest species of printing paper.Sū'per-sā'li-en-cy, n. p. 1328The act of leaping on any thing. [Obs.] Browne.Sū'per-sā'li-ent, a. p. 1328Leaping upon. [R.]