EXSUPERATEalso EXUPERATE
VERB 1. to overtop, to surmount, to surpass, to exceed, to excel; to overcome ...1559 obs. 2. to abound ...1625 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin ex(s)uperat- ppl. stem of ex(s)uperare to surpass from ex- + superare to rise above FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1559 - see Example below EXAMPLE (for vb. 1) "...And if bewtie bred such blisfulnesse, Enamouring both God and man, Good lady, let no wilfulnesse, Exuperate your bewtie, then, To slaye the hertes, that yeld and crave, Ladye! ladye! The graunt of your good wil to have, My deare ladye." From: The Pangs and Fits of Love By: William Elderton, 1559 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The English Dictionarie or an Interpreter of Hard English Words, Henry Cockeram, 1647 • The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia, William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891 • The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language, Rev. John Ogilvie, 1847-1850
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