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Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Supererogated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Supererogating

[L.

supererogatus

, p. p. of

supererogare

to spend or pay out over and above;

super

over, above +

erogare

to expend or pay out money from the public treasury after asking the consent of the people. See

, and

To do more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality.

The fervency of one man in prayer can not

supererogate

for the coldness of another.

Milton.

Verb.

[L. super and erogatio, erogo.] To do more than duty requires. Aristotle's followers have supererogated in observance. [Little used.]