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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

supererogate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsupəɹˈɛɹəˌɡeɪt/ (US)
  • /ˌs(j)uːpəɹˈɛɹəɡeɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin supererogare. See supererogation.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Supererogatory.

Forms

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most supererogate Degree=Sup lexicographic
more supererogate Degree=Cmp lexicographic

supererogate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsupəɹˈɛɹəˌɡeɪt/ (US)
  • /ˌs(j)uːpəɹˈɛɹəɡeɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin supererogare. See supererogation.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To do more than God commands.
    • They who, in their obedience, attain to the greatest height which is possible in this life, are so far from being able to supererogate, and to do more than God requires, […] , chapter XVI, article iv
    • Were this all, therefore, or my task confined to such a relation, I should supererogate indeed in making this appearance. 1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter I, in Shrewsbury:
  2. (intransitive, obsolete, with for) To make up with excess for the lack prepositioned by for.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete, qualifier:with, with-of) To supererogate (in any sense) in the service of the prepositional argument.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To give that earned through supererogation to another.
  5. (obsolete, rare, transitive) As in other senses but taking as an object the excess deeds or works.
  6. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To deserve or more than deserve.
  7. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To pay or expend extra.

Forms

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supererogating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
supererogated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
supererogated Tense=Past lexicographic
supererogates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

supererogator

Relateds

supererogatory · supererogatorily · supererogation