Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SU-PER-ER'O-GATE
SU-PER-ER'O-GANTSU-PER-ER-O-GA'TION
SU-PER-ER'O-GATE, v.i. [L. super and erogatio, erogo.]
To do more than duty requires. Aristotle's followers have supererogated in observance. [Little used.] – Glanville.
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