supererogate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin supererogare. See supererogation.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪt
Adjective
supererogate (comparative more supererogate, superlative most supererogate)
Verb
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- (intransitive, theology, Catholicism) To do more than God commands.
- The Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter XVI, article iv:
- 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, […]
- The Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter XVI, article iv:
- (intransitive, obsolete, with for) To make up with excess for the lack prepositioned by for.
- (intransitive, obsolete, with of, with) To supererogate (in any sense) in the service of the prepositional argument.
- (transitive, obsolete) To give that earned through supererogation to another.
- (transitive, obsolete, rare) As in other senses but taking as an object the excess deeds or works.
- (transitive, obsolete, rare) To deserve or more than deserve.
- (transitive, obsolete, rare) To pay or expend extra.
Related terms
References
- “supererogate”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) superērogāte
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