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The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires. Works of supererogation (R. C. Ch.), those good deeds believed to have been performed by saints, or capable of being performed by men, over and above what is required for their own salvation.

Supererogatory.

Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services. Howell.

Excessive purgation. Wiseman.

A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

The office of a surrogate.

The act of substituting one person in the place of another. [R.] Killingbeck.

One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n.

Dressed in a toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned. [R.] Sir M. Sandys.

A gate where toll is taken.

In three pairs; as, a trijugate leaf, or a pinnate leaf with three pairs of leaflets.

Having but one pair of leaflets; -- said of a pinnate leaf.

To gather up; to contract; to draw together. [Obs.] Himself he close upgathered more and more. Spenser.

in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors. The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the stone. Woodward.

Having marks or patches of different colors; as, variegated leaves, or flowers. Ladies like variegated tulips show. Pope.

The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors.

To investigate. [Obs.]

Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.

Striped; streaked. [Obs.]

To contend in law litigiously or cavilously. [Obs.]