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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.
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