Obs. [ad. late L. supersēminātio, -ōnem, n. of action f. supersēmināre: see prec.] A sowing on the top of something previously sown. So † Superseminator, one who ‘superseminates.’
1633. T. Adams, Exp. 2 Peter, iii. 16 (1865), 789. God did never sow it [sc. the seed]; it is the enemy’s supersemination of tares.
1640. Bastwick, Ld. Bishops, v. E 2. No sooner was the wheat of the Gospell sowne, but that wicked one had his Supersemination of Tares of manifold errors.
1657–61. Heylin, Hist. Ref., Ded. (1674), A 2 b. They were no more then Tares…. And being of an after sowing (a Supersemination, as the Vulgar reads it).
1679. C. Nesse, Antid. agst. Popery, 140. Satan, that Super-Seminator, sows his tares in the night.
