Su`per*charge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supercharged (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Supercharging (?).] [Pref. super- + charge. Cf. Surcharge.] (Her.)
To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to supercharge a rose
upon a fess.
Su`per*charge" (?), n. (Her.) A bearing charged upon another bearing.
[R.]
Su`per*chem"ic*al (?), a. Above or beyond chemistry; inexplicable by
chemical laws. J. Le Conte.
Su*perch"er*y (?), n. [F. supercherie.] Deceit; fraud; imposition.
[Obs. & R.]
Su`per*cil"i*a*ry (?), a. [L. supercilium an eyebrow. See
Supercilious.] 1. Of or pertaining to the eyebrows; supraorbital.
2. (Zoöl.) Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the
superciliary woodpecker.
Su`per*cil"i*ous (?), a. [L. superciliosus, fr. supercilium an eyebrow,
pride; super over, + cilium an eyelid; probably akin to celare to
conceal. Cf. Conceal.] Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial;
overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air;
supercilious behavior. -- Su`per*cil"i*ous*ly, adv. --
Su`per*cil"i*ous*ness, n.
||Su`per*cil"i*um (?), n. [L.] (Zoöl.) The eyebrow, or the region of
||the eyebrows.
Su`per*co*lum`ni*a"tion (?), n. (Arch.) The putting of one order above
another; also, an architectural work produced by this method; as, the
putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and
Corinthian or Composite above this.
Su`per*con*cep"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) Superfetation. [R.] Sir T.
Browne.
Su`per*con"se*quence (?), n. Remote consequence. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Su`per*cres"cence (?), n. [See Supercrescent.] That which grows upon
another growing thing; a parasite. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Su`per*cres"cent (?), a. [L. supercrescens, p. pr. of supercrescere;
super above + crescere to grow.] Growing on some other growing thing.
[R.] Johnson.
Su`per*cre*ta"ceous (?), a. (Geol.) Same as Supracretaceous.
Su`per*cu"ri*ous (?), a. Excessively curious or inquisitive. Evelyn.
Su`per*dom"i*nant (?), n. (Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next
above the dominant; -- called also submediant.
{ Su`per*em"i*nence (?), Su`per*em"i*nen*cy (?), } n. [L.
supereminentia.] The quality or state of being supereminent;
distinguished eminence; as, the supereminence of Cicero as an orator,
or Lord Chatham as a statesman. Ayliffe.
He was not forever beset with the consciousness of his own
supereminence.
Prof. Wilson.
Su`per*em"i*nent (?), a. [L. supereminens, p. pr. of supereminere. See
Super-, and Eminent.] Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others
in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of
Christ. -- Su`per*em"i*nent*ly, adv.
Su`per*er"o*gant (?), a. [L. supererogans, p. pr. See Supererogate.]
Supererogatory. [Obs.]
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.
Su`per*er`o*ga"tion (?), n. [L. supererogatio a payment in addition.]
The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity
requires.
Works of supererogation (R. C. Ch.), those good deeds believed to have
been performed by saints, or capable of being performed by men, over
and above what is required for their own salvation.
Su`per*e*rog"a*tive (?), a. Supererogatory.
Su`per*e*rog"a*to*ry (?), a. Performed to an extent not enjoined, or
not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services.
Howell.
Su`per*es*sen"tial (?), a. Essential above others, or above the
constitution of a thing. J. Ellis.
Su`per*eth"ic*al (?), a. More than ethical; above ethics. Bolingbroke.
Su`per*ex*alt" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Superexalted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Superexalting.] To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others.
Barrow.
Su`per*ex`al*ta"tion (?), n. Elevation above the common degree.
Holyday.
Su`per*ex"cel*lence (?), n. Superior excellence; extraordinary
excellence.
Su`per*ex"cel*lent (?), a. [Pref. super- + excellent: cf. L.
superexcellens.] Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent.
Drayton.
Su`per*ex`ci*na"tion (?), n. Excessive, or more than normal,
excitation.
Su`per*ex*cres"cence (?), n. Something growing superfluously.
Su"per*fam`i*ly (?), n. (Zoöl.) A group intermediate between a family
and a suborder.
Su`per*fec`un*da"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) Fertilization of two ova, at
the same menstruation, by two different acts of coition.
Su`per*fe*cun"di*ty (?), n. Superabundant fecundity or multiplication
of the species.
Su`per*fe"tate (?), v. i. [L. superfetare; super above, over + fetare
to bring forth.] To conceive after a prior conception, but before the
birth of the offspring.
The female . . . is said to superfetate.
Grew.
Su`per*fe*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. superfétation.] (Physiol.) The
formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after
another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by
it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where
menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation.
In then became a superfetation upon, and not an ingredient in, the
national character.
Coleridge.