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▪ I. † supeˈrerogate, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. superērogātus, pa. pple. of superērogāre: see next.]
Supererogatory, superfluous.
1790Bystander 44 This..is surely a superarogate [sic] ambition. Ibid. 335 [The World] in a mighty supererogate way, extols Mr. Sheridan.
▪ II. supererogate, v.|s(j)uːpəˈrɛrəgeɪt|
Also 7 -errogate.
[f. L. superērogāt-, pa. ppl. stem of superērogāre, f. super- super- 13 + ērogāre to pay out (see erogate v.). Cf. obs. F. supereroguer, obs. It. soprarogare, superarogare.]
†1. trans. To pay over and above; to spend in addition. Also absol. Obs. rare.
1582N.T. (Rhem.) Luke x. 35 He tooke forth two pence, and gave to the host, and said, Have care of him: and whatsoever thou shalt supererogate [Vulg. supererogaveris] I at my returne wil repay thee. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage ii. viii. 118 Besides that which the Law enioyned (which is iust debt) they supererogated, and of their owne free accord disbursed vpon the Temple and Sacrifices.
†b. To grant or bestow in addition. Obs. rare—1.
1644Bp. Maxwell Prerog. Chr. Kings 188 The Lord..in his bounty supererogated what was fit for his more magnificence.
2. intr. To do more than is commanded or required; spec. to perform a work or works of supererogation. ? Obs.
1593Bell Motives conc. Romish Faith (1605) 26 The cause that pardons are of force, is the vnity of the mysticall bodie, in which many haue supererogated in the woorkes of penance, to the measure of their owne demerites. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. iv. i. i. 714 We cannot..haue any perfection in this life, much lesse supererogate. 1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 303 Can that be obedience which hath no command for it? Is not this to supererogate? and to be righteous over much? 1661Glanvill Van. Dogm. 164 Aristotle acted his own instructions; and his obsequious Sectators have super-erogated in observance. 1699Burnet 39 Art. xiv. 135 Unless it can be supposed that by obeying those Counsels a Man can compensate with Almighty God for his Sins, there is no ground to think that he can supererogate. 1727J. Richardson Gt. Folly Pilgr. Irel. 81 If it should be granted that some have supererogated, that is brought God into Debt to them.
†b. Const. of, with the person in whose service the works are performed. Obs.
1608Bp. Hall Pharis. & Chr. (1609) B vij, Gods Law was too strait for their holinesse: It was nothing, vnlesse they did more then content God, earne him (for these were Popish Iewes) and supererogate of him. 1618― Contempl., O.T. xiii. Jonathan's Love, That good Captaine little imagining, that himselfe was the Philistim, whom Saul maligned, supererogates of his Master, and brings two hundred for one. a1643J. Shute Judgem. & Mercy (1645) 217 But have we brought forth fruit? Oh, some fruits we supererogate with God in. 1644Bp. Maxwell Prerog. Chr. Kings 168 They may supererogate with their Prince, by doing many Acts of bounty, favour and Grace.
†c. trans. To do (something) beyond what is required; to perform as a work of supererogation. Obs. rare.
1621Mountagu Diatribæ 379 They teach..that Tithing πᾶν λάχανον, was not commanded, but supererogated to the Law. 1624― Gagg 100 Workes supererogated by them, when they doe more than God requireth.
†d. intr. To make up by excess of merit for the failing of another. Obs.
1625Jackson Creed v. xxxii. §4 Both of them presumed their zealous costs upon Saints monuments, should..supererogate for their predecessors sins. 1649Milton Eikon. xxiv. 195 The fervencie of one man in prayer cannot supererogate for the coldness of another.
†e. trans. To deserve and more than deserve. Obs. rare.
1639Fuller Holy War v. xvi. (1647) 257 Having super⁓errogated the gallows..by their several misdemeanours.
Hence superˈerogating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1603J. Davies Microcosmos Pref., Wks. (Grosart) I. 17/1 These super-supererogating Workes. 1627W. Sclater Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 3 That euer thought of supererogating should enter the heart of man. a1643Ld. Falkland, etc. Infallibility (1646) 158 It might be but an act of a little supererogating charity, if you would sometimes prove your assertions, even when by strict law you were not bound to it. 1673Hickeringill Greg. F. Greyb. 43 If their merits were never so..supererogating. 1674Burnet Subjection (1675) 2 Not content with the strictest rigors of Justice, our Saviour hath also obliged us to the supererogatings (if I may so speak) of Charity. 1683E. Hooker Pref. Pordage's Mystic Div. 67 Nor any supererogating perfections, or rather præsumptuous..enthusiasms. 1692Patrick Answ. Touchstone 122 What doth this Discourse prove? But that they shall have a greater reward themselves? but there is not a syllable of their supererogating for others. |