Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 196

Superscription (n.) The act of superscribing.

Superscription (n.) That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, or the like.

Superscription (n.) That part of a prescription which contains the Latin word recipe (Take) or the sign /.

Supersecular (a.) Being above the world, or secular things.

Superseded (imp. & p. p.) of Supersede

Superseding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supersede

Supersede (v. t.) To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace.

Supersede (v. t.) To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer.

Supersede (v. t.) To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay.

Supersede (v. t.) To omit; to forbear.

Supersedeas (n.) A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ.

Supersedure (n.) The act of superseding, or setting aside; supersession; as, the supersedure of trial by jury.

Superseminate (v. t.) To sow, as seed, over something previously sown.

Supersemination (n.) The sowing of seed over seed previously sown.

Supersensible (a.) Beyond the reach of the senses; above the natural powers of perception.

Supersensitive (a.) Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive.

Supersensual (a.) Supersensible.

Supersensuous (a.) Supersensible.

Supersensuous (a.) Excessively sensuous.

Superserviceable (a.) Overofficious; doing more than is required or desired.

Supersession (n.) The act of superseding, or the state of being superseded; supersedure.

Supersolar (a.) Above the sun.

Supersphenoidal (a.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.

Superspinous (a.) Supraspinuos.

Superstition (n.) An excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious.

Superstition (n.) An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion.

Superstition (n.) The worship of a false god or gods; false religion; religious veneration for objects.

Superstition (n.) Belief in the direct agency of superior powers in certain extraordinary or singular events, or in magic, omens, prognostics, or the like.

Superstition (n.) Excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness.

Superstitionist (n.) One addicted to superstition.

Superstitious (a.) Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances.

Superstitious (a.) Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.

Superstitious (a.) Overexact; scrupulous beyond need.

Superstrain (v. t.) To overstrain.

Superstrata (pl. ) of Superstatum

Superstatum (n.) A stratum, or layer, above another.

Superstruct (v. t.) To build over or upon another structure; to erect upon a foundation.

Superstruction (n.) The act of superstructing, or building upon.

Superstruction (n.) That which id superstructed, or built upon some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure.

Superstructive (a.) Built or erected on something else.

Superstructor (n.) One who builds a superstructure.

Superstructure (n.) Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis

Superstructure (n.) all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively.

Superstructure (n.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.

Supersubstantial (a.) More than substantial; spiritual.

Supersubtle (a.) To subtle.

Supersulphate (n.) An acid sulphate.

Supersulphureted (a.) Supersulphurized.

Supersulphurize (v. t.) To impregnate or combine with an excess of sulphur.

Supertemporal (n.) That which is more than temporal; that which is eternal.

Superterranean (a.) Being above ground.

Superterrene (a.) Being above ground, or above the earth.

Superterrestrial (a.) Being above the earth, or above what belongs to the earth.

Supertonic (n.) The note next above the keynote; the second of the scale.

Supertragical (a.) Tragical to excess.

Supertuberation (n.) The production of young tubers, as potatoes, from the old while still growing.

Supervacaneous (a.) Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless.

Supervened (imp. & p. p.) of Supervene

Supervening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supervene

Supervene (v. i.) To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen.

Supervenient (a.) Coming as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards.

Supervention (n.) The act of supervening.

Supervisal (n.) Supervision.

Supervised (imp. & p. p.) of Supervise

Supervising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supervise

Supervise (v. t.) To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.

Supervise (v. t.) To look over so as to read; to peruse.

Supervise (n.) Supervision; inspection.

Supervision (n.) The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight.

Supervisive (a.) Supervisory.

Supervisor (n.) One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools.

Supervisor (n.) A spectator; a looker-on.

Supervisory (a.) Of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers.

Supervive (v. t.) To survive; to outlive.

Supervolute (a.) Having a plainted and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning-glory.

Supination (n.) The act of turning the hand palm upward; also, position of the hand with the palm upward.

Supination (n.) The act or state of lying with the face upward. Opposed to pronation.

Supinator (n.) A muscle which produces the motion of supination.

Supine (a.) Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone.

Supine (a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.

Supine (a.) Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.

Supine (n.) A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine.

Supinity (n.) Supineness.

Suppage (n.) What may be supped; pottage.

Suppalpation (n.) The act of enticing by soft words; enticement.

Supparasitation (n.) The act of flattering to gain favor; servile approbation.

Supparasite (v. t.) To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite.

Suppawn (n.) See Supawn.

Suppedaneous (a.) Being under the feet.

Suppeditate (v. t.) To supply; to furnish.

Suppeditation (n.) Supply; aid afforded.

Supper (n.) A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.

Supper (v. i.) To take supper; to sup.

Supper (v. t.) To supply with supper.

Supperless (a.) Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed.

Supping (n.) The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper.

Supping (n.) That which is supped; broth.

Supplace (v. t.) To replace.

Supplanted (imp. & p. p.) of Supplant

Supplanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supplant

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