Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 196
Superscription (n.) 標題，姓名住址，題名 The act of superscribing.
Superscription (n.) That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, or the like. -- Holland.
The superscription of his accusation was written over, The King of the Jews. -- Mark xv. 26.
Superscription (n.) (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which contains the Latin word recipe (Take) or the sign ?.
Superscription (n.) An inscription written above something else.
Superscription (n.) The activity of superscribing.
Supersecular (a.) Being above the world, or secular things. -- Bp. Hall.
Superseded (imp. & p. p.) of Supersede
Superseding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supersede
Supersede (v. t.) 代替，取代 [H]；接替；廢棄 To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace.
Supersede (v. t.) To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer.
Supersede (v. t.) To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay.
Nothing is supposed that can supersede the known laws of natural motion. -- Bentley.
Supersede (v. t.) (Old Law) To omit; to forbear.
Supersede (v.) Take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" [syn: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede].
Supersedeas (n.) (Law) 【律】中止（或暫緩）執行令 A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ. -- Blackstone.
Supersedeas, () practice, actions. The name of a writ containing a command to stay the proceedings at law.
Supersedeas, () It is granted on good cause shown that the party ought not to proceed. F. N. B. 236. There are some writs which though they do not bear this name have the effect to supersede the proceedings, namely, a writ of error, when bail is entered, operates as a supersedeas, and a writ of certiorari to remove the proceedings of an inferior into a superior court has, in general, the same effect. 8 Mod. 373; 1 Barnes, 260; 6 Binn. R. 461. But, under special circumstances, the certiorari has not the effect to stay the proceedings, particularly where summary proceedings, as to obtain possession under the landlord and tenant law, are given by statute. 6 Binn. R. 460; 1 Yeates, R. 49; 4 Dall. R. 214; 1 Ashm. R. 230; Vide Vin. Ab. h.t.; Bac. Ab. h.t.; Com. Dig. h.t.; Yelv. R. 6, note.
Supersedure (n.) 代替 The act of superseding, or setting aside; supersession; as, the supersedure of trial by jury. -- A. Hamilton.
Supersedure (n.) Act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior [syn: supersedure, supersession].
Superseminate (v. t.) To sow, as seed, over something previously sown. [Obs.]
That can not be done with joy, when it shall be indifferent to any man to superseminate what he please. -- Jer. Taylor.
Supersemination (n.) The sowing of seed over seed previously sown. [Obs.] -- Abp. Bramhall.
Supersensible (a.) 超越感覺的 Beyond the reach of the senses; above the natural powers of perception.
Supersensitive (a.) 過敏的；超靈敏的；超敏銳的；非常敏感的 Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive. -- Su`per*sen"si*tive*ness, n.
Supersensitive (a.) Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen" [syn: allergic, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, hypersensitised, sensitized, sensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized, supersensitised].
Supersensual (a.) 超越感覺的；精神上的 Supersensible.
Supersensuous (a.) Supersensible.
Compare: Supersensible
Supersensible (a.) 超越感覺的 Beyond the reach of the senses; above the natural powers of perception.
Supersensuous (a.) Excessively sensuous.
Superserviceable (a.) Overofficious; doing more than is required or desired. superserviceable, finical rogue." -- Shak.
Supersession (n.) 替代；接替；廢棄 The act of superseding, or the state of being superseded; supersedure.
The general law of diminishing return from land would have undergone, to that extent, a temporary supersession. -- J. S. Mill.
Supersession (n.) Act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior [syn: supersedure, supersession].
Supersolar (a.) Above the sun. -- Emerson.
Supersonic (a.) 超音波的；超音速的 Moving at a speed greater than the speed of sound in air; -- this speed varies with altitude, since the speed of sound varies with altitude, as well as with temperature and humidity, being approximately 1129 feet per second at sea level and 984 feet per second at 16 miles altitude.
Supersonic (a.) Capable of moving at speeds higher than the speed of sound; -- of aircraft.
Supersonic (a.) (Of speed) Greater than the speed of sound in a given medium (especially air); "a supersonic bomber flies so fast that it must release its bombs while the target is still over the horizon" [ant: sonic, subsonic, transonic].
Supersonic (a.) Having frequencies above those of audible sound [syn: supersonic, ultrasonic].
Supersonic (a.) [UK] 超音速的 Faster than the speed of sound.
// A supersonic fighter plane.
Supersonic (a.) (Not comparable) (Of a speed) Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).
Supersonic (a.) (Colloquial, of a sound) Ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible.
Supersonic (a.) (Colloquial, of a sound) Ultrasonic, having a frequency too high to be audible.
Supersonic (n.) (pl. Supersonics) 超音波；超音速；〈口〉超音速飛機 An aircraft that can travel at the speed of sound.
Supersphenoidal (a.) (Anat.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.
Superspinous (a.) (Anat.) Supraspinuos.
Superstition (n.) [C] [U] 迷信；迷信行為；盲目崇拜；盲目恐懼 An excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious.
Superstition (n.) An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion.
And the truth with superstitions and traditions taint. -- Milton.
Superstition (n.) The worship of a false god or gods; false religion; religious veneration for objects.
[The accusers] had certain questions against him of their own superstition. -- Acts xxv. 19.
Superstition (n.) Belief in the direct agency of superior powers in certain extraordinary or singular events, or in magic, omens, prognostics, or the like.
Superstition (n.) Excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness.
Syn: Fanaticism.
Usage: Superstition, Fanaticism. Superstition springs from religious feeling misdirected or unenlightened.
Fanaticism arises from this same feeling in a state of high-wrought and self-confident excitement. The former leads in some cases to excessive rigor in religious opinions or practice; in others, to unfounded belief in extraordinary events or in charms, omens, and prognostics, hence producing weak fears, or excessive scrupulosity as to outward observances. The latter gives rise to an utter disregard of reason under the false assumption of enjoying a guidance directly inspired. Fanaticism has a secondary sense as applied to politics, etc., which corresponds to the primary.
Superstition (n.) An irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear [syn: superstition, superstitious notion].
Superstition (n.) Belief in the direct agency of superior powers in certain extraordinary or singular events, or in magic, omens, prognostics, or the like.
Superstition (n.) Excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness.
Syn: Fanaticism.
Usage: Superstition, Fanaticism. Superstition springs from religious feeling misdirected or unenlightened.
Fanaticism arises from this same feeling in a state of high-wrought and self-confident excitement. The former leads in some cases to excessive rigor in religious opinions or practice; in others, to unfounded belief in extraordinary events or in charms, omens, and prognostics, hence producing weak fears, or excessive scrupulosity as to outward observances. The latter gives rise to an utter disregard of reason under the false assumption of enjoying a guidance directly inspired. Fanaticism has a secondary sense as applied to politics, etc., which corresponds to the primary.
Superstition (n.) An irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear [syn: superstition, superstitious notion].
Superstitionist (n.) One addicted to superstition. [Obs.] "Blind superstitionists." -- Dr. H. More.
Superstitious (a.) 迷信的；因迷信而形成的 Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances.
Superstitious (a.) Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.
Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. -- Acts xvii. 22.
Superstitious (a.) Overexact; scrupulous beyond need.
Superstitious use (Law), The use of a gift or bequest, as of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a religion not tolerated by the law. [Eng.] -- Mozley & W. -- Su`per*sti"tious*ly, adv. -- Su`per*sti"tious*ness, n.
Superstitious (a.) Showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance; "finally realized that the horror he felt was superstitious in origin".
Superstrain (v. t.) To overstrain. -- Bacon.
Superstrata (n. pl. ) of Superstatum
Superstatum (n.) A stratum, or layer, above another.
Superstruct (v. t.) To build over or upon another structure; to erect upon a foundation.
This is the only proper basis on which to superstruct first innocency and then virtue. -- Dr. H. More.
Superstruction (n.) The act of superstructing, or building upon.
Superstruction (n.) That which id superstructed, or built upon some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure.
My own profession hath taught me not to erect new superstructions upon an old ruin. -- Denham.
Superstructive (a.) Built or erected on something else. -- Hammond.
Superstructor (n.) One who builds a superstructure. [R.] -- R. North.
Superstructure (n.) Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis; esp.
(Arch.), All that part of a building above the Basement.
Also used figuratively.
You have added to your natural endowments the superstructure of study. -- Dryden.
Superstructure (n.) (Railway Engin.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
Superstructure (n.) Structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck.
Supersubstantial (a.) More than substantial; spiritual. "The heavenly supersubstantial bread." -- Jer. Taylor.
Supersubtle (a.) To subtle. -- Shak.
Supersulphate (n.) (Chem.) An acid sulphate. [Obs.]
Supersulphureted (a.) (Chem.) Supersulphurized. [Obs.] [Written also -sulphuretted.]
Supersulphurize (v. t.) (Chem.) To impregnate or combine with an excess of sulphur.
Supertemporal (n.) That which is more than temporal; that which is eternal. [R.]
Superterranean (a.) Being above ground. "Superterranean quarries." -- Mrs. Trollope.
Superterrene (a.) Being above ground, or above the earth. [R.]
Superterrestrial (a.) Being above the earth, or above what belongs to the earth. -- Buckminster.
Supertonic (n.) (Mus.) The note next above the keynote; the second of the scale. -- Busby.
Supertonic (n.) (Music) The second note of a diatonic scale.
Supertragical (a.) Tragical to excess.
Supertuberation (n.) (Bot.) The production of young tubers, as potatoes, from the old while still growing.
Supervacaneous (a.) Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless. [Obs.] -- Howell.
Supervened (imp. & p. p.) of Supervene.
Supervening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supervene.
Supervene (v. i.) To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen.
Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unless impressed by divine power. -- Bentley.
A tyrany immediately supervened. -- Burke.
Supervene (v.) Take place as an additional or unexpected development.
Supervenient (a.) Coming as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards.
That branch of belief was in him supervenient to Christian practice. -- Hammond.
Divorces
can be granted, a mensa et toro, only for supervenient causes. -- Z. Swift.
Supervention (n.) The act of supervening. -- Bp. Hall.
Supervention (n.) A following on in addition.
Supervisal (n.) Supervision. -- Walpole.
Supervised (imp. & p. p.) of Supervise.
Supervising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supervise.
Supervise (v. t.) To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.
Supervise (v. t.) To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Syn: See Superintend.
Supervise (n.) Supervision; inspection. [Obs.]
Supervise (v.) Watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?" [syn: oversee, supervise, superintend, manage].
Supervise (v.) Keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; "we are monitoring the air quality"; "the police monitor the suspect's moves" [syn: monitor, supervise].
Supervision (n.) The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight.
Supervision (n.) Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group [syn: supervision, supervising, superintendence, oversight].
Supervisive (a.) Supervisory. [R.]
Supervisor (n.) One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools.
Supervisor (n.) A spectator; a looker-on. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Supervisor (n.) One who supervises or has charge and direction of.
Supervisor (n.) A program that controls the execution of other programs [syn: supervisory program, supervisor, executive program].
Supervisor. () An overseer; a surveyor.
Supervisor. () There are officers who bear this name whose duty it is to take care of the highways.
Supervisory (a.) Of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers.
Supervisory (a.) Of or limited to or involving supervision; "in a supervisory capacity."
Supervive (v. t.) To survive; to outlive. [Obs.]
Supervolute (a.) (Bot.) Having a plainted and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning-glory.
Supination (n.) (Physiol.) The act of turning the hand palm upward; also, position of the hand with the palm upward.
Supination (n.) (Physiol.) The act or state of lying with the face upward. Opposed to pronation.
Supination (n.) Rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face upward [ant: pronation].
Supinator (n.) (Anat.) A muscle which produces the motion of supination.
Supinator (n.) A muscle (especially in the forearm) that produces or assists in supination.
Supine (a.) Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone.
Supine (a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
If the vine On rising ground be placed, or hills supine. -- Dryden.
Supine (a.) Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.
He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any temptation. -- Woodward.
Syn: Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless; inattentive; listless; careless; drowsy. -- Su*pine"ly, adv. -- Su*pine"ness, n.
Supine (n.) (Lat. Gram.) A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine.
Supine (a.) Lying face upward [syn: supine, resupine].
Supine (a.) Offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt [syn: resistless, supine, unresisting].
Supinity (n.) Supineness. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Suppage (n.) What may be supped; pottage. [Obs.] -- Hooker.
Suppalpation (n.) The act of enticing by soft words; enticement. [Obs.]
Supparasitation (n.) The act of flattering to gain favor; servile approbation. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Supparasite (v. t.) To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite. [Obs.] -- Dr. R. Clerke.
Suppawn (n.) See Supawn.
Supawn (n.) [Of American Indian origin.] Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush. [Written also sepawn, sepon, and suppawn.] [Local, U.S.]
Suppedaneous (a.) Being under the feet. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Suppeditate (v. t.) To supply; to furnish. [Obs.] -- Hammond.
Suppeditation (n.) Supply; aid afforded. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Supper (n.) 晚餐，晚飯 [C] [U]；晚餐時間 [U] A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.
Note: Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour, etc.
Supper (v. i.) To take supper; to sup. [R.]
Supper (v. t.) To supply with supper. [R.] "Kester was suppering the horses." -- Mrs. Gaskell.
Supper (n.) A light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
Supper (n.) A social gathering where a light evening meal is served; "her suppers often included celebrities."
Supper (n.) The principal meal of the day among the Jews. It was partaken of in the early part of the evening (Mark 6:21; John 12:2; 1 Cor. 11:21). (See LORD'S {SUPPER}.)
Supperless (a.) 不吃晚餐的 Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed. -- Beau. & Fl.
Supperless (a.) Without supper; "went to bed supperless."
Sup (v. i.) [See Supper.] To eat the evening meal; to take supper.
I do entreat that we may sup together. -- Shak.
Sup (v. t.) To treat with supper. [Obs.]
Sup them well and look unto them all. -- Shak.
Sup (v. t.) [imp. & p.
p. Supped; p. pr. & vb. n. Supping.] To take into the mouth 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.
Sup (n.) A small mouthful, as of liquor or broth; a little taken with the lips; a sip.
Tom Thumb had got a little sup. -- Drayton.
Sup (n.) A small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale" [syn: swallow, sup].
Sup (v.) Take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon.
Supping (n.) The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper.
Supping (n.) That which is supped; broth. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Supping (n.) Ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking.
Supplace (v. t.) To replace. [R.] -- J. Bascom.
Supplanted (imp. & p. p.) of Supplant.
Supplanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supplant.