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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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