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Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redundant; as, superabundant zeal. -- Su`per*a*bun"dant*ly, adv.

Being above the world; -- opposed to inframundane. Cudworth.

Being under the feet. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Being or situated above the world or above our system; celestial.

A valuable kind of wood obtained on the shores of the Demerara River in South America, much used for timbers, rails, naves and fellies of wheels, and the like.

Superintendent. [R.]

The act of attending or waiting; attendance. [Archaic] Spenser. The breath Of her sweet tendance hovering over him. Tennyson.

A tunicate.

Any one of a tribe of beetles (Trachelides) which have the head supported on a pedicel. The oil beetles and the Cantharides are examples.

de of the river Po with reference to Rome, that is, on the north side; -- opposed to cispadane.

Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system. Boyle.

An extensive artificial group of birds including the wading, swimming, and cursorial birds.

A system of philosophy among the Hindoos, founded on scattered texts of the Vedas, and thence termed the "Anta," or end or substance. Balfour (Cyc. of India.)

Of or pertaining to the Vedas.

One versed in the doctrines of the Vedantas.

The quality or state of being verdant.

Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh; flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn. Let the earth Put forth the verdant grass. Milton.

In a verdant manner.

A supposed element, afterward found to be a mixture of several metals, as copper, iron, lead, nickel, etc.

The act of voiding, emptying, ejecting, or evacuating.