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† exˈsuperance Obs.
Also 7–8 exuperance.
[a. F. exsuperance (Montaigne), ad. L. ex(s)uperantia, n. of state f. ex(s)uperant-em, pr. pple. of ex(s)uperāre: see exsuperate.]
The condition or fact of exceeding; superabundance, excess.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1256 The excesse of Nete and Mese by arithmeticall proportion, sheweth the exuperances in equall partie. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 428 Until the like exsuperance of bloud come unto the same place again. 1644Digby Nat. Bodies x. §8. 83 The exuperance of the density of A to water is 10 degrees. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. (1756) 85 Nor will his attributes admit of expressions above their own exuperances.
†b. As a title of honour. Obs.
1609[see exscript].
c. concr. That which is in excess; that which towers above other things. Const. of.
1635Heywood Hierarch. ii. Comm. 86 Simplicitie is sole..Prince and Ex-Superance of all things that have being. |