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▪ I. † superˈnate, v. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. supernatāre: see supernatant.]
intr. To float on the surface. b. trans. To float upon or above.
1683Salmon Doron Med. i. xxv. 291 Upon which affuse so much..wine as may supernate them at least four Inches. 1694― Bate's Dispens. (1713) 491/2 Separate the super⁓nating Liquor.
▪ II. ˈsupernate, n. Biol. and Med.
[f. supernatant a. and n., after filtrate, precipitate.]
= supernatant n.
1943Jrnl. Immunol. XLVI. 326 After centrifuging these mixtures the supernates were tested for the presence of a sheep-cell hemolysin. 1979Experientia XXXV. 193/2 After decantation of the supernate into counting vials. |