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Webster 1913 Edition
Supererogate
Suˊper-er′o-gate
,Verb.
I.
[
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 Super-
, and Erogate
, Rogation
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Supererogate
SUPERER'OGATE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
supererogate
supererogate
English
Verb
supererogate (third-person singular simple present supererogates, present participle supererogating, simple past and past participle supererogated)
- To engage in supererogation.
- The Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter XVI, article iv:
- 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, […]
- The Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter XVI, article iv: