SUPEREROGATES

Verb

supererogates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of supererogate

Source: Wiktionary


SUPEREROGATE

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



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