rare. [ad. L. superātio, -ōnem, n. of action f. superāre (see prec.).]
1. Overcoming, surmounting, conquest.
1866. Howells, Venetian Life, ii. 29. This superb and artistic superation of the intrinsic difficulties of dancing.
2. Astron. ‘The apparent passing of one planet by another, in consequence of the more rapid movement in longitude of the latter’ (Cent. Dict.).
