supererogate (comparative more supererogate, superlative most supererogate)
(rare) Supererogatory.
supererogate (third-person singular simple present supererogates, present participle supererogating, simple past and past participle supererogated)
(intransitive, theology, Catholicism) To do more than God commands.
• The Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter XVI, article iv
(intransitive, obsolete, with for) To make up with excess for the lack prepositioned by for.
(intransitive, obsolete, with of, with) To supererogate (in any sense) in the service of the prepositional argument.
(transitive, obsolete) To give that earned through supererogation to another.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) As in other senses but taking as an object the excess deeds or works.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To deserve or more than deserve.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To pay or expend extra.
Source: Wiktionary
Su`per*er"o*gate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Supererogated; p. pr. & vb. n. Supererogating.] Etym: [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.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 July 2025
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
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