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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-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…Sū'per-sē'de-ās, n. p. 1328(Law.) A writ or command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ. Blackstone.Sū'per-sēd'ūre, n. p. 1328The act of superseding, or setting aside; supersession; as, the supersedure of trial by jury. [Rare.] Hamilton.Sū'per-sēm'i-nāte, v. t. p. 1328To scatter, as seed; to disseminate. That can not be done with joy, when it shall be indifferent to any man to superseminate what he pleases. Bp. Taylor.Sū'per-sĕn'sĭ-ble, a. p. 1328Beyond the reach of the senses; above the natural powers of perception.Sū'per-sĕn'si-tive-ness, n. p. 1328Excessive or oversensitiveness; morbid sensibility.Sū/per-sēn'/su-al, a. p. 1328Above the senses.Sū'per-sēn'su-ōus, a. p. 1328Above or beyond the senses.Sū'per-sĕrv'ĭçe-a-ble, a. p. 1329Over-officious; doing more than is required or desired. Shak.Sū'per-ses'sion, n. p. 1329The act of superseding; supercedure. The general law of diminishing return from land would have undergone, to that extent, a temporary supersession. J. S. Mill.Sū'per-sti'tion, n. p. 1329Literally, a standing still over something amazing; hence, an excessive reverence or fear of that which is unknown or mysterious. 2. Especially, an ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme…Sū/per-stī'/tion-īst, n. p. 1329One addicted to superstition. [Obs.] Henry More.Sū'per-sti'tiōŭs, a. p. 1329Pertaining to, or proceeding from, superstition; manifesting superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances. 2. Evincing superstition; over-scrupulous and rigid in religious…Sū'per-sti'tioŭs-ly, adv. p. 1329In a superstitious manner; with excessive regard to uncommanded rites or unessential opinions and forms in religion; with credulity. 2. With too much care; with excessive exactness or scruple.Sū'per-sti'tiōŭs-ness, n. p. 1329The quality of being superstitious; superstition.Sū'per-strāin', v. t. p. 1329To overstrain or stretch. [Rare.] Bacon.Sū'per-strā'tum, n. p. 1329A stratum or layer above another, or resting on something else.Sū′per-strūct′, v. t. p. 1329To build upon; to erect. [Obs.] This is the only proper basis on which to superstruct first innocence and then virtue. Decay of Piety.Sū'per-strŭc'tion, n. p. 1329The act of superstructing, or building upon. 2. That which is superstructed, or built upon some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure. My own profession hath taught me not to erect new…Sū'per-strūct'īve, a. p. 1329Built or erected on something else. Hammond.Sū′per-strūet′ūre, n. p. 1329Any material structure or edifice built on something else; especially, the building raised on a foundation. 2. Any thing erected on a foundation or basis; as, in education, we begin with teaching…Sū'per-sub-stăn'/tial, a. p. 1329More than substantial; being more than substance.Sū'per-sūbt'le, a. p. 1329Exceedingly subtle; over-subtle. Shak.Sū'per-sŭl'phate, n. p. 1329(Chem.) A sulphate with a greater number of equivalents of acid than base.Sū'per-sŭl'phu-rēt'ed, a. p. 1329Consisting of a greater number of equivalents of sulphur than of the base with which the sulphur is combined. Aikin.Sū'per-tēm'po-ral, n. p. 1329That which is more than temporal; that which is eternal. [Rare.] Cudworth.Sū'per-ter-rēne', a. p. 1329Being above ground, or above the earth. [Rare.]Sū'per-ter-rēs'tri-al, a. p. 1329Being above the earth, or above what belongs to the earth. Buckminster.Sū'per-tōn'ic, n. p. 1329(Mus.) The note next above the key-note. Busby.Sū'per-trāg'ic-al, a. p. 1329Tragical to excess.Sū'per-va-cā'ne-oŭs, a. p. 1329Serving no purpose; superfluous; unnecessary; needless. [Obs. and rare.] Howell.Sū'per-va-cā'ne-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 1329Needlessly. [Obs.]Sū'per-va-cā'ne-oŭs-ness, n. p. 1329Needlessness. [Obs. and rare.] Bailey.Sū′per-vēne′, v. i. p. 1329To come upon as something extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to something else; to take place; to happen. Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unless impressed by…Sū'per-vĕn'ient, a. p. 1329Coming upon as something additional or extraneous. That branch of belief was in him supervenient to Christian practice. Hammond. Divorces can be granted, a mensa et toro, only for supervenient…Sū'per-vĕn'tion, n. p. 1329The act of supervening.Sū'per-vīs'al, n. p. 1329The act of supervising; supervision.