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th with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to sip. There I'll sup Balm and nectar in my cup. Crashaw.

Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush. [Written also sepawn, sepon, and suppawn.] [Local, U.S.]

A super. [Theatrical Cant]

A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2. [Theatrical Cant]

A prefix signifying above, over, beyond, and hence often denoting in a superior position, in excess, over and above, in addition, exceedingly; as in superimpose, supersede, supernatural, superabundance.

Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable. Antipathies are generally superable by a single effort. Johnson. -- Su"per*a*ble*ness, n. -- Su"per*a*bly, adv.

To be very abundant or exuberant; to be more than sufficient; as, the country superabounds with corn.

The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess.

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

Acidulated to excess. [R.]

trength of any living creature, in those external motion, is something distinct from, and superadded unto, its natural gravity. Bp. Wilkins. The peacock laid it extremely to heart that he had not the nightingale's voice superadded to the beauty of his plumes. L'Estrange.

s or something extraneous; also, something which is added in excess or extraneously. This superaddition is nothing but fat. Arbuthnot.

n; coming in addition to, or in assistance of, something. [R.] He has done bravely by the superadvenient assistance of his God. Dr. H. More.

The act of overfeeding, or making one take food in excess of the natural appetite for it.

A raised shelf or stand on the back of an altar, on which different objects can be placed; a predella or gradino.

Superior to the angels in nature or rank. [R.] Milman.

To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity. Sir T. Browne.

The state of being superannuated, or too old for office or business; the state of being disqualified by old age; decrepitude. The world itself is in a state of superannuation. Cowper. Slyness blinking through the watery eye of superannuation. Coleridge.

Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade.

To make (a person) haughty. [Obs. & R.] Feltham.