v. [ad. late L. superexaltāre: see SUPER- 9 b and EXALT v.]
1. trans. To exalt or raise to a higher, or to the highest, position or rank; to exalt supremely.
1625. Gill, Sacr. Philos., ii. 183. The first order of separate or created beings, is that of the fountaine, which by the meanes of vision is superexalted above all the rest.
1649. Jer. Taylor, Gt. Exemp., I. Ad Sect. ii. 21. The holy Maid … was superexalted by an honour greater than the world yet ever saw.
a. 1677. Barrow, Serm. Mark xvi. 19, Wks. 1686, II. 434. God … having super-exalted him, and bestowed on him a name above all names.
2. To extol or magnify exceedingly. rare.
1609. Bible (Douay), Dan. iii. 57. Al workes of our Lord blesse ye our Lord, prayse and superexalt him for euer.
1864. Sir C. F. L. Wraxall, Historic Bye-Ways, I. iii. 47. We may go even further, and say, that had it not been for Frederick William I., there would hardly have been a Frederick the Great. Still, this must not cause us to super-exalt him.
Hence Superexalted ppl. a.
1654. Jer. Taylor, Real Pres., 239. So high and separate, superexalted secret, as is that of the holy Trinity.
