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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.

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  1. v. i. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. To do more than duty requires; to perform works ofsupererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of asurplus action or quality.The fervency of one man in prayer can not supererogate for thecoldness of another. Milton.
  4. v. i. 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.