SUPERCILIOUS
SUPERCIL'IOUS, adjective [Latin superciliosus. See above.]1. Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; as a supercilious officer.2. Manifesting haughtiness, or procee...
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SUPERCILIOUSLY
SUPERCIL'IOUSLY, adverb Haughtily; dogmatically; with an air of contempt.
SUPERCILIOUSNESS
SUPERCIL'IOUSNESS, noun Haughtiness; an overbearing temper or manner.
SUPERCONCEPTION
SUPERCONCEP'TION, noun [super and conception.] A conception after a former conception.
SUPERCONSEQUENCE
SUPERCON'SEQUENCE, noun [super and consequence.] Remote consequence. [Not used.]
SUPERCRESCENCE
SUPERCRES'CENCE, noun [Latin super and crescens.] That which grows upon another growing thing.
SUPERCRESCENT
SUPERCRES'CENT, adjective [supra.] Growing on some other growing thing.
SUPEREMINENCE
SUPEREM'INENCESUPEREM'INENCY, noun [Latin super and emineo.] Eminence superior to what is common; distinguished eminence; as the supereminence of Cicero as an orator; the supere...
SUPEREMINENCY
SUPEREM'INENCY, n. [L. super and emineo.] Eminence superior to what is common; distinguished eminence; as the supereminence of Cicero as an orator; the supereminence of Dr. John...
SUPEREMINENT
SUPEREM'INENT, adjective Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ.
SUPEREMINENTLY
SUPEREM'INENTLY, adverb In a superior degree of excellence; with unusual distinction.
SUPEREROGANT
SUPERER'OGANT, adjective Supererogatory, which see.
SUPEREROGATE
SUPERER'OGATE, verb intransitive [Latin super and erogatio, erogo.] To do more than duty requires. Aristotle's followers have supererogated in observance. [Little used.]
SUPEREROGATION
SUPEREROGA'TION, noun [supra.] Performance of more than duty requires.There is no such thing as works of supererogation
SUPEREROGATIVE
SUPEREROG'ATIVE, adjective Supererogatory. [Not much used.]
SUPEREROGATORY
SUPEREROG'ATORY, adjective Performed to an extent not enjoined or not required by duty; as supererogatory services.
SUPERESSENTIAL
SUPERESSEN'TIAL, adjective [super and essential.] Essential above others, or above the constitution of a thing.
SUPEREXALT
SUPEREXALT', verb transitive [super and exalt.] To exalt to a superior degree.
SUPEREXALTATION
SUPEREXALTA'TION, noun [super and exaltation.] Elevation above the common degree.
SUPEREXCELLENCE
SUPEREX'CELLENCE, noun [super and excellence.] Superior excellence.
SUPEREXCELLENT
SUPEREX'CELLENT, adjective Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent.
SUPEREXCRESCENCE
SUPEREXCRES'CENCE, noun [super and excrescence.] Something superfluously growing.
SUPERFECUNDITY
SUPERFECUND'ITY, noun [super and fecundity.] Superabundant fecundityor multiplication of the species.
SUPERFETATE
SUPERFE'TATE, verb intransitive [Latin super and foetus.] To conceive after a prior conception.The female is said to superfetate
SUPERFETATION
SUPERFETA'TION, noun A second conception after a prior one, and before the birth of the first, by which two fetuses are growing at once in the same matrix.
SUPERFETE
SU'PERFETE, verb intransitive To superfetate. [Little used.]SU'PERFETE, verb transitive To conceive after a former conception. [Little used.]
SUPERFICE
SU'PERFICE, noun Superficies; surface. [Little used.] [See Superficies.]