v. Obs. Also 8 exuperate. [f. L. ex(s)uperāt- ppl. stem of ex(s)uperāre, f. ex- + superāre to rise above, f. super above.]
1. trans. To overtop, surpass, excel; to overcome.
1559. W. E[lderton], Pangs of Love (Percy Soc.), I. 28. Good lady, let no wilfulnesse Exuperate your bewtie, then, To slaye the hertes, that yeld and crave.
1568. C. Watson, Polyb., 7. Yet hath she [Fortune] wrought nothyng which exuperateth … these in our dayes.
1610. Barrough, Meth. Physick, IV. v. (1639), 228. It may exuperate and overcome the rottennesse.
1708. Motteux, Rabelais (1737), V. 230. Nectar … exuperates all your Wines.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
2. intr. (See quot.)
1623. Cockeram, II. To abound, exuperate.
