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▪ I. † superate, pa. pple. Obs.
[ad. L. superātus, pa. pple. of superāre, f. super over, above.]
Overcome, conquered.
c1450Mankind 306 in Macro Plays 12 The rebellyn of my flesch, now yt ys superatt. 1515Barclay Egloges iv. (1570) C vj b, Hercules..Was by this monster ouercome and superate.
▪ II. † superate, v. Obs. rare.
[f. L. superāt-, pa. ppl. stem of superāre: see prec. and -ate3.]
1. trans. To rise above, overtop.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 113/2 Take the flowers of Verwene,..infuse heeron oyle Olive, that the flowers may be superatede & covered the depth of thre fingers. Ibid. 200/1 Burye both these pots..that the earth may superate the superior pot, the altitude of a qv[arter] of a yarde.
2. To surpass, exceed.
1596J. Trussell in Southwell Triumphs over Death To Rdr., That when a tempest comes their Barke to tosse, Their passions shall not superate their losse. 1656Blount Glossogr., Superate,..to exceed, to excel. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. i. vi. xxvi. 387 A Physician..who being accustomed to eat bitter almonds would superate all in drinking [orig. omnes potando superabat].
3. To overcome, conquer; to get over, surmount.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 49/2 The Patient might be wholy superated and overcome, and fall downe dead. 1653Gauden Hierasp. 364 Unexpected enchantments,..which salve all inconveniences, superate all hyperbolies, and transcend all difficulties. 1691W. Nicholls Answ. Naked Gospel 18 He does not enumerate all the difficulties their Faith was to superate. 1788Trifler No. 25. 325, I..can superate a mortification in any part of the body without amputation. |