supererogate

verb /ˌs(j)uːpəɹˈɛɹəɡeɪt/

1. To do more than God commands.

   intransitive

   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, […]

2. To make up with excess for the lack prepositioned by for.

   intransitive, obsolete

3. To give that earned through supererogation to another.

   obsolete, transitive

4. As in other senses but taking as an object the excess deeds or works.

   obsolete, rare, transitive

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin supererogare. See supererogation.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry supererogate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← supereminentsuperfetate →

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