SUPPUTE
SUPPU'TE, verb transitive [Latin supputo, supra.] To reckon; to compute. [Not in use.]
Dictionary
Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
Search
Find a word or entry
Current letter
S
6.599 entries
SUPRA
SUPRA, a Latin preposition, signifying above, over or beyond.
SUPRA-AXILLARY
SUPRA-AX'ILLARY, adjective [supra and axil.] In botany, growing above the axil; inserted above the axil; as a peduncle. [See Suprafoliaceous.]
SUPRA-DECOMPOUND
SUPRA-DECOM'POUND, adjective [supra and decompound.] More than decompound; thrice compound. A supra-decompound leaf, is when a petiole divided several times, connects many leafl...
SUPRA-ORBITAL
SUPRA-ORB'ITAL, adjective [supra and orbit.] Being above the orbit of the eye.
SUPRACILIARY
SUPRACIL'IARY, adjective [Latin supra and cilium, eyebrow.] Situated above the eyebrow.
SUPRAFOLIACEOUS
SUPRAFOLIA'CEOUS, adjective [Latin supra and folium, a leaf.] In botany, inserted into the stem above the leaf or petiole, or axil, as a peduncle or flower.
SUPRALAPSARIAN
SUPRALAPSA'RIANSUPRALAP'SARY, adjective [Latin supra and lapsus, fall.]Antecedent to the apostasy of Adam.SUPRALAPSA'RIAN, noun One who maintains that God, antecedent to the fal...
SUPRALAPSARY
SUPRALAP'SARY, a. [L. supra and lapsus, fall.]Antecedent to the apostasy of Adam.
SUPRAMUNDANE
SUPRAMUN'DANE, adjective [Latin supra and mundus, the world.]Being or situated above the world or above our system.
SUPRARENAL
SUPRARE'NAL, adjective [Latin supra and ren, renes, the kidneys.]Situated above the kidneys.
SUPRASCAPULARY
SUPRASCAP'ULARY, adjective [Latin supra and scapula.] Being above the scapula.
SUPRAVULGAR
SUPRAVUL'GAR, adjective [supra and vulgar.] Being above the vulgar or common people.
SUPREMACY
SUPREM'ACY, noun [See Supreme.] State of being supreme or in the highest station of power; highest authority or power; as the supremacy of the king of Great Britain; or the supr...
SUPREME
SUPRE'ME, adjective [Latin supremus, from supra.]1. Highest in authority; holding the highest place in government or power. In the United States, the congress is supreme in regu...
SUPREMELY
SUPRE'MELY, adverb With the highest authority. He rules supremely1. In the highest degree; to the utmost extent; as supremely blest.
SUR
SUR, a prefix, from the French, contracted from Latin super, supra, signifies over, above, beyond, upon.
SURADDITION
SURADDI'TION, noun Something added to the name. [Not used.]
SURAL
SU'RAL, adjective [Latin sura.] Being in or pertaining to the calf of the leg; as the sural artery.
SURANCE
SU'RANCE, for assurance, not used.
SURBASE
SUR'BASE, noun [sur and base.] A border or molding above the base.
SURBASED
SUR'BASED, adjective Having a surbase, or molding above the base.
SURBATE
SURBA'TE, verb transitive [either Latin sub and battere, or solea, sole, and battere, to beat the sole or hoof.]1. To bruise or batter the feet by travel.Chalky land surbates an...
SURBATED
SURBA'TED, participle passive Bruised in the feet; harassed; fatigued.
SURBATING
SURBA'TING, participle present tense Bruising the feet of; fatiguing.Surbeat or surbet, for surbate, not in use.
SURBED
SURBED', verb transitive [sur and bed.] To set edgewise, as a stone; that is in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.
SURCEASE
SURCE'ASE, verb intransitive1. To cease; to stop; to be at an end.2. To leave off; to practice no longer; to refrain finally.So pray'd he, whilst an angel's voice from high,Bade...