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The thousandth part of one ampère.

A short, light, musical drama.

Fed luxuriously; indulged to the full; hence, luxuriant. "Pampered boughs." Milton. "Pampered insolence." Pope. -- Pam"pered*ness, n. Bp. Hall.

One who, or that which, pampers. Cowper.

A grocer; -- formerly so called because he sold pepper. [Obs.]

One who scampers. Tyndell.

One who simpers. Sir W. Scott. A simperer that a court affords. T. Nevile.

Wearing slippers. Shak.

To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [Written also speer, speir.] Jamieson.

The quality or state of being supereminent; distinguished eminence; as, the supereminence of Cicero as an orator, or Lord Chatham as a statesman. Ayliffe. He was not forever beset with the consciousness of his own supereminence. Prof. Wilson.

Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ. -- Su`per*em"i*nent*ly, adv.

Supererogatory. [Obs.]

To do more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality. The fervency of one man in prayer can not supererogate for the coldness of another. Milton.

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.

Essential above others, or above the constitution of a thing. J. Ellis.

More than ethical; above ethics. Bolingbroke.

To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others. Barrow.

Elevation above the common degree. Holyday.