SUPERPLANT
SU'PERPLANT, noun [super and plant.] A plant growing on another plant; as the mistletoe. [Not used.] [We now use parasite.]
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SUPERPLUSAGE
SUPERPLUS'AGE, noun [Latin super and plus.] That which is more than enough; excess. [We now use surplusage, which see.]
SUPERPONDERATE
SUPERPON'DERATE, verb transitive [Latin super and pondero.] To weigh over and above. [Not used.]
SUPERPOSE
SUPERPOSE, verb transitive superpo'ze. [super and Fr. poser, to law.]To law upon, as one kind of rock on another.
SUPERPOSED
SUPERPO'SED, participle passive Laid or being upon something.
SUPERPOSING
SUPERPO'SING, participle present tense Placing upon something.
SUPERPOSITION
SUPERPOSI'TION, noun [super and position.]1. A placing above; a lying or being situated above or upon something; as the superposition of rocks.2. That which is situated above or...
SUPERPRAISE
SU'PERPRAISE, verb transitive su'perpraze. To praise to excess.
SUPERPROPORTION
SUPERPROPORTION, noun [super and proportion.] Overplus of proportion.
SUPERPURGATION
SUPERPURGA'TION, noun [super and purgation.] More purgation than is sufficient.
SUPERREFLECTION
SUPERREFLEC'TION, noun [super and reflection.] The reflection of an image reflected.
SUPERREWARD
SUPERREWARD', verb transitive To reward to excess.
SUPERROYAL
SUPERROY'AL, adjective [super and royal.] Larger than royal; denoting the largest species of printing paper.
SUPERSALIENCY
SUPERSA'LIENCY, noun [Latin super and salio, to leap.]The act of leaping on any thing. [Little used.]
SUPERSALIENT
SUPERSA'LIENT, adjective Leaping upon.
SUPERSALT
SU'PERSALT, noun In chimistry, a salt with an excess of acid, as supertartrate of potash.
SUPERSATURATE
SUPERSAT'URATE, verb transitive [Latin super and saturo.] To saturate to excess.
SUPERSATURATED
SUPERSAT'URATED, participle passive Saturated to excess.
SUPERSATURATING
SUPERSAT'URATING, participle present tense Saturating or filling to excess.
SUPERSATURATION
SUPERSATURA'TION, noun The operation of saturating to excess; or the state of being thus saturated.
SUPERSCRIBE
SUPERSCRI'BE, verb transitive [Latin super and scribo, to write.] To write or engrave on the top, outside or surface; or to write the name or address of one on the outside or co...
SUPERSCRIBED
SUPERSCRI'BED, participle passive Inscribed on the outside.
SUPERSCRIBING
SUPERSCRI'BING, participle present tense Inscribing, writing or engraving on the outside, or on the top.
SUPERSCRIPTION
SUPERSCRIP'TION, noun The act of superscribing.1. That which is written or engraved on the outside, or above something else.The superscription of his accusation was written over...
SUPERSECULAR
SUPERSEC'ULAR, adjective [super and secular.] Being above the world or secular things.
SUPERSEDE
SUPERSE'DE, verb transitive [Latin supersedeo; super and sedeo, to sit.]1. Literally, to set above; hence, to make void, inefficacious or useless by superior power, or by coming...
SUPERSEDEAS
SUPERSE'DEAS, noun In law, a writ of supersedeas is a writ or command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings. This writ does not destroy th...