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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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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.]Sū′per-salt, n. p. 1328(Chem.) A salt with a greater number of equivalents of acid than of the base; as, the binoxalate and quaternoxalate of potassa are supersalts.Sū/per-săt'ū-rāte, v. t. p. 1328To add to beyond saturation.Sū'per-săt'ū-rā'tiōn, n. p. 1328The operation of adding beyond saturation, or the state of being thus supersaturated.Sū'per-scrībe', v. t. p. 1328To write or engrave on the top, outside, or surface; or to write the name or address of a person on the outside or cover of; as, to superscribe a letter.Sū'per-script, n. p. 1328Superscription. [Obs.] Shak.Sū'per-serīp'tion, n. p. 1328The act of superscribing. 2. That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else. The superscription of his accusation was written over, The King of the Jews. Mark xv.…Sū'per-sēe'ū-lar, a. p. 1328Being above the world, or secular things. Bp. Hall.Sū'/per-sēde', v. t. p. 1328To come or be placed in the room of; to displace; to replace; as, an officer is superseded by the appointment of another person. 2. To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by…