supererogate

comparative more supererogate · superlative most supererogate

1. rareSupererogatory.

present singular third person supererogates · participle present supererogating · participle past supererogated · past supererogated

1. intransitiveCatholicismTo do more than God commands.

   Were this all, therefore, or my task confined to such a relation, I should supererogate indeed in making this appearance.

   1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter I, in Shrewsbury

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   They who, in their obedience, attain to the greatest height which is possible in this life, are so far from being able to supererogate, and to do more than God requires, […]

   , chapter XVI, article iv

2. intransitiveobsoleteTo make up with excess for the lack prepositioned by for.
3. intransitiveobsoletewith ofwithTo supererogate (in any sense) in the service of the prepositional argument.
4. obsoletetransitiveTo give that earned through supererogation to another.
5. obsoleteraretransitiveAs in other senses but taking as an object the excess deeds or works.
6. obsoleteraretransitiveTo deserve or more than deserve.
7. obsoleteraretransitiveTo pay or expend extra.