supererogating

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
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.

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