Su`per*sul"phu*ret`ed (?), a. (Chem.) Supersulphurized. [Obs.] [Written
also - sulphuretted.]
Su`per*sul"phur*ize (?), v. t. (Chem.) To impregnate or combine with an
excess of sulphur.
Su`per*tem"po*ral (?), n. That which is more than temporal; that which
is eternal. [R.]
Su`per*ter*ra"ne*an (?), a. Being above ground. "Superterranean
quarries." Mrs. Trollope.
Su`per*ter*rene" (?), a. [Pref. super- + terrene: cf. L.
superterrenus.] Being above ground, or above the earth. [R.]
Su`per*ter*res"tri*al (?), a. Being above the earth, or above what
belongs to the earth. Buckminster.
Su`per*ton"ic (?), n. (Mus.) The note next above the keynote; the
second of the scale. Busby.
Su`per*trag"ic*al (?), a. Tragical to excess.
Su`per*tu`ber*a"tion (?), n. [Pref. super- + tuber.] (Bot.) The
production of young tubers, as potatoes, from the old while still
growing.
Su`per*va*ca"ne*ous (?), a. [L. supervacaneus, supervacuus; super over
+ vacuus empty.] Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless. [Obs.]
Howell.
Su`per*vene" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Supervened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Supervening.] [L. supervenire, superventum, to come over, to come upon;
super over + venire to come. See Super-, and Come, and cf. Overcome.]
To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference
or relation to something else; to happen upon or after something else;
to be added; to take place; to happen.
Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unless
impressed by divine power.
Bentley.
A tyrany immediately supervened.
Burke.
Su`per*ven"ient (?), a. [L. superveniens, p. pr.] Coming as something
additional or extraneous; coming afterwards.
That branch of belief was in him supervenient to Christian
practice.
Hammond.
Divorces can be granted, a mensa et toro, only for supervenient
causes.
Z. Swift.
Su`per*ven"tion (?), n. [L. superventio.] The act of supervening. Bp.
Hall.
Su`per*vis"al (?), n. Supervision. Walpole.
Su`per*vise" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supervised (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Supervising.] [Pref. super- + L. visere to look at attentively, to
view, surely, intens. from videre, visum, to see. Cf. Survise, and
Survey.] 1. To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with
authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the
printing of a book.