Supererogatory
(Su`per*e*rog"a*to*ry) a. Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty
or necessity; as, supererogatory services. Howell.
Superessential
(Su`per*es*sen"tial) a. Essential above others, or above the constitution of a thing. J.
Ellis.
Superethical
(Su`per*eth"ic*al) a. More than ethical; above ethics. Bolingbroke.
Superexalt
(Su`per*ex*alt") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Superexalted; p. pr. & vb. n. Superexalting.] To exalt
to a superior degree; to exalt above others. Barrow.
Superexaltation
(Su`per*ex`al*ta"tion) n. Elevation above the common degree. Holyday.
Superexcellence
(Su`per*ex"cel*lence) n. Superior excellence; extraordinary excellence.
Superexcellent
(Su`per*ex"cel*lent) a. [Pref. super- + excellent: cf. L. superexcellens.] Excellent in
an uncommon degree; very excellent. Drayton.
Superexcination
(Su`per*ex`ci*na"tion) n. Excessive, or more than normal, excitation.
Superexcrescence
(Su`per*ex*cres"cence) n. Something growing superfluously.
Superfamily
(Su"per*fam`i*ly) n. (Zoöl.) A group intermediate between a family and a suborder.
Superfecundation
(Su`per*fec`un*da"tion) n. (Physiol.) Fertilization of two ova, at the same menstruation,
by two different acts of coition.
Superfecundity
(Su`per*fe*cun"di*ty) n. Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species.
Superfetate
(Su`per*fe"tate) v. i. [L. superfetare; super above, over + fetare to bring forth.] To conceive
after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring.
The female . . . is said to superfetate.
Grew. Superfetation
(Su`per*fe*ta"tion) n. [Cf. F. superfétation.] (Physiol.) The formation of a fetus at the
result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced
by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time
of the second impregnation.
In then became a superfetation upon, and not an ingredient in, the national character.
Coleridge. Superfete
(Su`per*fete") v. i. To superfetate. [Obs.]
Superfete
(Su`per*fete"), v. t. To conceive (another fetus) after a former conception. [Obs.] Howell.
Superfice
(Su"per*fice) n. A superficies. [Obs.] Dryden.
Superficial
(Su`per*fi"cial) a. [L. superficialis: cf. F. superficiel. See Superficies.]
1. Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial
color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage.
