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† exˈsuperate, v. Obs.
Also 8 exuperate.
[f. L. ex(s)uperāt- ppl. stem of ex(s)uperāre, f. ex- + superāre to rise above, f. super above.]
1. trans. To overtop, surpass, excel; to overcome.
1559W. E[lderton] Pangs of Love (Percy Soc.) I. 28 Good lady, let no wilfulnesse Exuperate your bewtie, then, To slaye the hertes, that yeld and crave. 1568C. Watson Polyb. 56 Yet hath she [Fortune] wrought nothing which exsuperateth..these in our dayes. 1610P. Barrough Meth. Physick iv. v. (1639) 228 It may exuperate and overcome the rottennesse. 1708Motteux Rabelais (1737) V. 230 Nectar..exuperates all your Wines. 1721–1800in Bailey.
2. intr. (See quot.)
1623Cockeram 11, To abound, exuperate. |