Category:Supererogate

Su`per*er"o*gate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Supererogated; p. pr. & vb. n. Supererogating.] Etym: [l. supererogatus, p.p. of supererogare to Spend or pay out over and above; super over, above + erogare to Expend or pay out money from the public treasury after asking the Consent of the people. See super-, and erogate, rogation.]

Defn: 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.