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supererogate

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

supererogate adjective: supererogatory.

Adjective

supererogate (comparative more supererogate, superlative most supererogate)

  1. (rare) Supererogatory.

Verb

supererogate (third-person singular simple present supererogates, present participle supererogating, simple past and past participle supererogated)

  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) To make up with excess for the lack prepositioned by for.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete, with-of, with) 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 of supererogate

Adjective
comparativemore supererogate
superlativemost supererogate
Verb
third-person singular presentsupererogates
present participlesupererogating
past participlesupererogated
pastsupererogated

Origin of supererogate

Borrowed from Latin supererogare. See supererogation.

Words formed from supererogate

Words that rhyme with supererogate

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Questions about supererogate

What does supererogate mean?
Supererogate means supererogatory.
What part of speech is supererogate?
Supererogate can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce supererogate?
Supererogate is pronounced /ˌs(j)uːpəɹˈɛɹəɡeɪt/ (UK).

Words near supererogate in the dictionary

  1. superepic
  2. superepics
  3. superequilibria
  4. superequilibrium
  5. supererogant
  6. supererogate
  7. supererogated
  8. supererogates
  9. supererogating
  10. supererogation
  11. supererogations

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