1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Supererogate \Su`per*er"o*gate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Supererogated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supererogating}.] [L. supererogatus, p. p. of supererogare to spend or pay out over and above; super over, above + erogare to expend or pay out money from the public treasury after asking the consent of the people. See {Super-}, and {Erogate}, {Rogation}.] To do more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality. [1913 Webster] The fervency of one man in prayer can not supererogate for the coldness of another. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
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