Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

supererogating

supererogating


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Supererogate  \Su`per*er"o*gate\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p. 
  {Supererogated};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Supererogating}.]  [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}.] 
  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.