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supergressions

supergressions is the plural of supergression.

Meaning of supergression

Noun

supergression (countable and uncountable, plural supergressions)

  1. (obsolete) excess, exaltation
    • And soe with long leasure it will waste, / And not with bubbling made in haste: / For doubt of perrills many more then one, / And for supergression of our stone.16th C., Thomas Norton, Ordinall (in Ashmole's Theatrum Chemicum Brittanicum)
  2. (archaic) The process of going too far, doing more than what is required; a transgression https://books.google.com.au/books?id=F_xxNRT1VW0C&pg=PA1092&dq=supergression&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1_sb43cvRAhXJULwKHV_2B2YQ6AEIKTAD#v=onepage&q=supergression&f=false
    • the most oppressed soule, may raise it selfe above those exaltations, and supergressions of sin17th C., John Donne, Sermon III

Questions about supergressions

What is supergressions the plural of?
Supergressions is the plural of supergression.

Words near supergressions in the dictionary

  1. supergravity
  2. supergreen
  3. supergreenhouse effect
  4. supergreens
  5. supergression
  6. supergressions
  7. supergrid
  8. supergrids
  9. supergroovy
  10. supergroup
  11. supergroupie

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