superplua 
8089 
Surplus; ex- supersalientt (su-per-Ha'li-ent), a. [= OF. 
mirmiillinit = Sp. Pg, MftrVMMMf^ < L. ./'"' 
lux. ( 't'. siii'/ilti.i, ni'i r/iln.i. } 
cess. 
If this be the case, there must be a superplux of the on, + .111/11 n( /-)., ppr. of milin; leap.] Leaping 
other sex. Goldsmith, Female Warriors, upon. [liarr.J Imp. Diet. 
superplusaget (sii'pf-r-plus'aj), w. [< ML. 8u- supersalt(sii'pcr-salt). . An acid salt; a salt 
/,i-riili{.-iii,liiiii/, < .iit/M-rii/Hit, excess: see *H/HT- with a greater number of equivalents of acid 
1,1 H.I. n. xi/i-i>ln.iiti/e.] Excess; surplusage, than base: opposed to subsalt. B. Spencer, 
I'rll. llaiiiinoiiil, p. 3. Universal Progress, p. 40. 
superpolitict (Bu-pr-pol'i-tlk),. Over-politic, supersaturate (Mu-pi-r-sat'u-rat ), <-. i. To satu- 
Ood h..,tl, K.tistk,! cither thenumyoKtuior the simple rBte to excess; add to beyond saturation. 
soi t of iniiilKtcrH with their own dcliiislon*. A recently magnetised magnet will occasionally appear 
HJI .1;, in,/, ,,, 'tears of the Church, p. 251. (Dames.) to be supersaturated. 
I *)U t he ,1, , ,e,,it Papalty (the JesniU] have in- 5 ' P ' n m P*>- FJcct - alld Ma ' P- K - 
vented this mperpolitick Aphorlsme, as onetermes It, One SUpersaturation (su-per-sat-u-ra'shon), n. The 
Pope and one King. SilUm, Reformation in Bug., il. operation of saturating to excess, or of adding 
superponderatet (su-por-pon'der-at), . t. To to beyond saturation; the state of being super- 
weigfi over anil above, linilri/. saturated. 
superposable (su-per-po'za-bl), a. [< */""''- snperscapular (su-per-skap'u-lttr), r. Same as 
pour + -iiblr.] Capable oil being superposed; suprnxi'tipular. 
not interfering with one another, or not render- superscribe (su-per-skrib'), v. t.; pret. and pp, 
pe _ 
<.ttu/>er- + / n i.ii r, put: see pose^. Cf. Sp. su- 
/n I'IHIHI /, .iii/ii-i-/,iiiii r = Pg. gobrrpor = It. so- 
prapporre,< L. superponerc, pp. siiperpoxitus, lay 
upon, < suiter, over, upon, + pom-re, lay: see 
ponent.] 1. To lay or place upon or over, as 
one kind of rook on another. 
New social relations are superposed on the old. 
grave on the top, outside, or surface; inscribe; 
put an inscription on. 
An ancient monument, superscribed. Addison. 
2. To write the name or address of one on the 
outside or cover of: as, to superscribe a letter. 
Produces Moumieur's letter, superscribed to her Majes- 
tie. Aubrey, Lives (Sylvuiiu Scory). 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Soclol., J 439. Super8crl p t ( B u'per-skript), a. and . [= Sp. 
Pg. sobrescrito = It. soprascritto, < L. superscrip- 
tus, pp. of superscribere, superscribe : see super- 
scribe.] I. a. Written over or above the line : 
the opposite of subscript. Amer. Jour. I'liilol., 
IX. 321. 
II. n. The address of a letter; superscrip- 
. .- , + ^ tion. Shak., L. L. L., iv. 2. 135. 
tio(n-), < L. superponere, lay upon: see super- superscription (su-per-skrip'shon), n. [< OP. 
pose.] 1. The act of superposing; a placing superscription = It. soprascrizione, < L. super- 
above or upon_; a lying or being situated above scriptio(n-), a writing above, < superscribere, 
write over: see superscribe.] 1. The act of 
superscribing. 2. That which is written or 
engraved on the outside of or above something 
else ; especially, an address on a letter. 
2. In but., to place vertically over some other 
part: specifically used of arranging one whorl 
of organs opposite or over another instead of 
alternately. 
superposition (su'per-po-zish'on), n. [= P. 
KHi>rriin.iiHi>ii = Sp. superposition = 1'g. )///<- 
sicfio = It. soprappo&izione, < LL. supcrposi- 
or upon something else. 
Before leaving Hullabld, it may be well again to call at- 
tention to theorderof superposition ot theiHtferent animal 
friezes, alluded t<> already, when speaking of the rock-cut 
monastery described by the Chinese Pilgrims. 
J. Fergusson, Hist. Indian Arch., p. 40S. 
The superscription of his accusation was written over, 
THE KIXO OF THE JEWS. Mark IV. 26. 
2. In bot., same as anteposition, 2. 3. Spe- ,_. . , - , , / - ... % 
cifically, iii geol., noting the relations of strati- Buperseculart (su-per-sek ' u-lar), a Being 
fled formations to one another from the point O af > ove ^ e world or secular thmgs Bp Hall. 
of view of the relative time of their deposi- 8u P erB . ed .e (u-per-sed ), t>. t.; ; pret. and pp. su- 
perseded, ppr. superseding. [< OF. suprrsedcr, 
, P. 
1 deposi 
tion. That underlying beds are older than those which 
cover them Is called the law n/ superposition. The appa- 
rent exceptions to this law are those Instances in which 
stratified masses have been so disturbed and overturned 
since their deposition that older beds have been made to 
rest upon newer ones. 
4. In geom., the ideal operation of carrying 
one magnitude to the space occupied by an- 
other, and showing that they can be made to 
coincide throughout their whole extent. This is 
the method of Euclid, to which his axiom, that things 
which coincide are equal, refers ; but the use of the word 
superpose in this sense appears to be due to Auguste Comte 
(French superposer). 
6. In the early church, an addition to or exten- 
sion of a fast; a fast longer than the ordinary 
fast. Biniinam, Antiquities, xxi. 3. 
superpraise (su-per-praz'), v. i. To praise to 
excess. Mink., M. N. D., iii. 2. 153. 
superproportion (su'per-pro-por'shon), n. Ex- 
cess of proportion. Sir A". 'Kgby. 
superpurgationt(su'per-per-gS'shpn), n. More 
purgation than is sufficient. fTiseman, Surgery. 
superquadripartient (su - per - kwod - ri - par'- 
superceder, F. superse'der (vernacularly OF. and 
F. surseoir), leave off, desist, delay, defer, < L. 
supersedere, sit upon or above, preside, also, in 
a deflected use, commonly with the abl., desist 
from, refrain from, forbear, omit, ML. also post- 
pone, defer, < super, above, + sedere, sit: see 
sedent, sit. In OF. (superceder) and ML. (super- 
cedere) the verb was confused with L. cedere, go : 
see cede. Hence ult. (< L. supersedere) E. sur- 
cease, confused with cease.] 1. To make void, 
inefficacious, or useless by superior power, or 
by coming in the place of; set aside; render 
unnecessary; suspend; stay. 
In this genuine acceptation of chance, here is nothing 
supposed that can supersede the known laws of natural mo- 
tion. Bentley, Boyle Lectures, Sermon v. 
It is a sad sight ... to see these political schemers, 
with their clumsy mechanisms, trying to supersede the 
great laws of existence. H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 322. 
2. To be placed in or take the room of; dis- 
place ; supplant ; replace : as, an officer super- 
seded by another. 
tient), a. [LL. superquadripartien(t~)s.] 
ing in the ratio of 9 to 5. 
superquadriquintal(sii-per-kwod-ri-kwin'tal), 
a. Same as superquadripartient. 
superreflectiont (su'per-re-flek'shon), n. The 
reflection of a reflected image ; the echo of an supersedeas (su-per-se'de-as), . 
echo. 
The voice In that chappel createth speciem speciel, and 
maketh succeeding super-rejtfctions; for it melteth by de- 
grees, and every reflexion is weaker than the former. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist., ; 249. 
A black and savage atrocity of mind, which supersedes 
In them the common feelings of nature. 
Burke, Rev. in France. 
One deep love doth supersede 
All other. Tennytan, In Memoriam, xxxil. 
[So called 
from this word in the writ: L.gupersedeas,2d 
pers. sing. pros. subj. of supersedere, forbear: 
see supersede.] 1 . In law, a writ having in gen- 
eral the effect of a command to stay, on good 
cause shown, some ordinary proceedings which 
superregal (su-per-re'gal), . More than regal, ought otherwise to have proceeded. 
Water/mid, Works, III. 348. A ^t of wpme d rat WM issued to preveu 
SUperrewardt (su'per-re-ward'), r. t. To re- of parliament, and the city was filled with t; 
ward to excess. Bacon, To King James. 
nt the meeting 
i the armed fol- 
ers of the duke. Stubbi, Const. Hist, f 380. 
superroyal (su-per-roi'al), a. Noting a size of 2. Hence, a stay; a stop, 
paper. See paper. To give a nipenedecu to industry. 
supersacral (su-per-sa'kral), n. In anat., sit- Hammond, Works, I. 480. 
uated on or over (dorsad"of) the sacrum : as. superseder (su-per-se'der), . One who or that 
tin' Hfenaeral foramina, processes, or nerves, which supersedes. Browning, Paracelsus. 
supersaliencyt (su-per-sa'li-en-si), n. [< super- supersedere (su'per-se-de're), n. [So called 
MM(t) + -cu.] The act of leaping on any- from this word in the contract or writ : L. su- 
tlung. Sir T. Brwcne,Vu\g. Err., iii. 1. [Rare.] persedere, forbear: see supersede.] In Scots 
supersolar 
l,nr : (a) A private agreement aiin.ni; cn-ililoi-s. 
under a Irusl-deeil :IIH| ,M.T< >M.,II. that they will 
supersede or sist diligence for a certain period. 
(b) A judicial act by which the cnurt. where it 
sees cause, grants a debtor protection agaii.-t 
diligence, witliout consent of the creditors. 
supersedure (su-per-se'ilur), H. [< */(//</ + 
-;>-.] The act of superseding; supersession: 
as, the supersedure of trial by jury. 
To suppose it necessary to undertake his tupmrdiirr by 
stealth. The Century, XX 1 1 
superseminatet (su-per-sem'i-nat), P. t. [< 
LL. HH/II />< iiuiHituH, pp. of .VM/M -1:11 ,>,utare (> Sp. 
sobresembrar = Pg. sobresemear), [sow over or 
upon, < L. super, over, * seminare, sow: see 
m-Hiinate.] To scatter (seed) above seed already 
sown ; also, to disseminate. 
The church . . . wasagalnst . . . punishing difference 
In opiniiin. till the IKIDVS of Koine did mpeneminate and 
persuade the fontrary. 
Ser. Taylor, Works (ed. 183.U II. 382. 
superseminationt (su-per-sem-i-na'shon), n. 
[< miperseminate + -t'ow.J The sowing of seed 
over seed already sown. 
They were no more than tares, . . . and ... of another 
sowing (a tupertcmination, as the Vulgar reads ItX 
llfijlin, Reformation (Ded.). (Dana.) 
superseminatort (su-per-Bem'i-na-tor), n. [< 
LL. .IIIJH i-.ii iiniiittor, < superseminare, sow over: 
see superseminate.] One who superseminates. 
Jcr. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 148. 
supersensible (su-per-sen'si-bl), a. Beyond the 
reach of the senses; above the natural powers 
of external perception ; supersensual : applied 
either to that which is physical but of such a 
nature as not to be perceptible by any normal 
sense, or to that which is spiritual and so not 
an object of any possible sense. 
The scientific mind and the logical mind, when turned 
towards the supersensible world, are apt to find the same 
difficulty, only in a much greater degree, as they find In 
dealing with objects of imagination, or with pure emo- 
tions. J. C. Shairp, Culture and Religion, p. 113. 
Atoms are supersensible beings. 
G. T. Ladd, Physiol. Psychology, p. 676. 
supersensibly (su-per-sen'si-bli), adv. In a 
supersensible manner. A. B. Alcott, Tablets, 
p. 16. 
supersensitiye (su-per-sen'si-tiv), a. Exces- 
sively sensitive ; morbidly sensitive. 
HeTsuperteHtiiire ear detects the scratch of her mother's 
pen. E. S. Phelps, Sealed Orders, p. 300. 
supersensitiyeness (su-per-sen'si-tiy-nes), . 
Morbid sensibility; excessive sensitiveness; 
extreme susceptibility. 
supersensory (su-per-sen'so-ri), a. Super- 
sensual. [Bare.] 
This definite line embraced all that mass of actual or 
alleged Instances In which the mhid of one person has 
been impressed by that of another through supersensory 
channels, or at least in a way which could not be ac- 
counted for by the ordinary modes of communication 
through the senses. Sew Princeton Rev., IV. 274. 
supersensual (su-per-sen'su-al), a. Above or 
beyond the senses; of such a nature as not to 
be perceptible by sense, or not by sense with 
which man is endowed; specifically, spiritual. 
Also used substantively. 
In our Inmost hearts there Is a sentiment which links 
the ideal of beauty with the Supersensual. 
Bulirer, What will he Do with It? vll. 23. 
Everything, the most supersensual, presented itself to 
his [ Dante's] mind, not as an abstract idea, but as a visible 
type. Lint-ell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 89. 
SUpersen8UOU8(8u-per-sen'su-u8),a. 1. Super- 
sensible; supersensual. 
A faith leas tupersenruous and Ideal ... Is a covert su- 
perstition. A. B. Alcott, Tablet*, p. 182. 
2. Extremely sensuous; more than sensuous. 
Imp. Diet. 
superserviceable (su-per-ser'vi-sa-bl), a. Over- 
serviceable or officious ; doing more than is re- 
quired or desired. 
A ... stipersernceable, finical rogue. 
Shot., Lear, 11. 2. 19. 
supersesquialteral (su-per-ses-kwi-al'ter-al), 
a. Being in the ratio of 5 to 2. 
supersesquitertial (su-per-ses-kwi-ter'shal), a. 
Being in the ratio of 7 to 3. 
supersession (su-per-sesh'qn), n. [< ML. *- 
persessio(H-), < L. supersedere, pp. supersessus, 
forbear: see supersede.] The act of supersed- 
ing, or setting aside ; supersedure. 
The tide of secret dissatisfaction which ... has pre- 
pared the way for its [liberalism's] sudden collapse and 
supersession. M. Arnold, Culture and Anarchy, I. 
supersolar (su-per-so'lSr), a. Situated above 
the sun. [Rare.] 
Lit by the supersolar Maze. Kmerson, Threnody. 
