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Show SU SU he far diftance of this county from the eour «f afforded it a fuperfedeas from takers and pur o yeyours " an [ fupe adj yPERSE'RVICEABLE piceable. Careqv Over officious; more tha s neceflary or required A glafs-gazing, Juperferwiceable finical rogue Shakefpeare SUPERSTI'TION. #. /. [ fuperftition, Fr Juperftitios Latin. 1, Unneceffary fear or feruples in religion obfervance of unneceffar and uncom - manded rllfes or practices ; religion with- out morality A rev'rent fear, fuch fuperflition reign - Among the rude, ev'n then poflefs'd the fivains Dryden 2. Rite or praltice proceeding from fcru~ pulous or timorous religion. In this {enf ~ 1tis plural They the trut With fuperffitions and traditions taint If we had religio Milron confifte tha i abfur ]‘;}Pajiiriom, that had no regard to the perfecio of our nature, people might'well be glad to hav part of t-hcir life excufed from it - fom Law 4, Falfe religion; reverence of beings no - proper objects of reverence ; falfe worp They had certain queftions againft him of thei own fuperfiition Aftsy xxve 1 Over-nl'cety; exaltnefs too fcrupulous SURERSTI'TIOUS. adj Juperftitiofus, Latin. o [ fuperfliticux, Fr Adc!x&ed to fuperftition; full of idl fancies or {cruples with regard to reli gion At the kindling of the fire, and lighting of can . dles, they fa)f certai prayers and ufe fome othe ‘filperjh:au}:l rlxtc}sl, which fhew that they honour th re and the light Spenfer Have Been out of fondnefs Juperfhitious to him And am I thus rewarded Shakefp. Henry VIII Nature's own work it feem'd, nature taught art And, to a fuperflitious eye, the haun Of wood-gods and wood-nymphs i A venerable wood Milton . Wfsmi: rites divine were paid, }\ihofe holy hai ept and cut with fuperflitious cave Dryden ; ,s- ver accurate; {crupulous beyond need g ;thmsn TIOUSLY, adv. [from fuperfti< tious 1.Ina fl}p«;rfiitious manner . 0us religion here reigned in this ifl n with errone kmi whof ;_;mor;: of all others we mof adore ; no,t Juper; f\io[ujly, but as a divine inftru ent Bacon 4 Nl't}L t0o much care cither of thefofte methods s fho tho l ld be too fcrupu 7 n. / [from Juper An edifice raifed on any thing want not to improve the honour of the livin fc)'fi_lmpl:nrlng that of the dead; and my own pro¢filon hath taught me not to ereét new fuperftructions upon an old ruin Denham SUPERSTRU.CTIVE Sruét. adj [fro He that is {o fure of~ his particula t;‘: refolve he can never fall, muft neceflarily refolve that 'wha wer drunkennefs in another, is not f in him ; and nothing but the removing his fundamcptal error can refcue him from the fuper Sruétive be it never fo grofs P 4 ftruo ji {'fi@;'fimfl"" Latin.] To b ild upon an Two notj 10ns of fu damentals may be conceived ~ one fi n f i g that whereon ou r eternal blififs s isis i o i i:g:ti? tfl‘l‘fifg/?ru&ed, the other whereon our obeIf his ha;i:al;'h of Chrift is founded. Hammond Ciples, the o t of fin have not corrupted his prin- e e . Iclous Chriftian may think it reafona g0t fl{l, and the preacher may hope to Juper 80 life upon fuch a foundation This Hammond's Fundamentals e ;",": tihe only proper bafis on which to fupernnocency, and then virtue | Y C Decay of Piety Upon thefe divers pofitions in man, wherein th fpine can only be at right lines with the thigh arife thofe remarkable poftures, prone, fupine, an election, a SUPERSTRU'CTURE. # /. [ fuper an Siructure.] 'That which is raifed or buil upon fomething elfe He who builds upon the prefent, builds upon th narrow compafs of a point; and where the foun dation is fo marrow, the fuperftrusiure cannot b high and ftrong too South l'm:gntory was not known in the primitiv chEn'.cn, and is a fuperffruéture upon the Chriftia religion Tillotfon Athim he lanc'd his fpear, and pierc'd his breaft O above other animals, the faces of moft of the being more fupine than ours ? Ray on the Creation 2. Leaning backwards with expofure to th {un If the vin On rifing ground be plac'd, or hills fupine Jubftantial. adj [ fupe 3. Negligent; carelefs; indolent; drowfy ; thoughtlefs; inattentive Thefe men fuffe an SUPERVACA'NEOQUS. adj. [ fuperva adjetive. adv [from th Needlefsly SureErvaca'NEOUSNESs . /. [from th adjective.] Needleflnefs Bailey 7o SUPERVE'NE @. n. [ fuperwvenio Lat.] To come as an extraneous addition Su‘pine rooted tha even fuperwening vice, to whic Like /Efop's log, they leapt upon his back. Dryd He panting on thy breaft fupinely lies While with thy heav'nly form he feeds his famifh' Dryden's Lucretits eyes Wilt thou then repin To labour for thyfelf? and rather chuf SuPERVE'NIENT. adj. [ fuperveniens, LaAdded; additional If it were unjuft to murder John, the fupervenient oath did not extenuate the fact, or oblige th juror unto it Brown Tha branc o belief wa nient to Chriftian pracice practice built on that i and no hi SUPERVE'NTION. ./ [from fupervene. The a& of fupervening To SUPERVI'SE. @. a. [ fuper and wifus Latin. T overlook; t To lie fupinely, hoping heaven will blef Thy flighted fruits, and give thee bread unearn'd Philips fuperve all Chriftia Hammond Beneath a verdant laurel's fhade Horace, immortal bard! !upine{y laid Sup1''NENESS. 7. /. [from fupine. 1. Pofture with the face upward When this door is open to let diilenters in confidering their induftry and our fupinencfs, the may in a very few years grow to a majority in th Sawift houfe of commons overfee; t fignify an overfeer of th poor, an infpeor of the cuftoms, a furveyor o the high-ways, a fuperwifor of the excife Watts's Logick How fatisfy'd, my lord Shak Would you be fuperwifor, grofsly gape on 1 am informed of the author/and fuperwifors o Dryden this pamphlet To SurPerRVI'VE Latin, Upo w. n [ fuper and wivo To overlive ; to outlive what principle can the foul be imagine to be naturally mortal, or what revolutions in na ture will it not be able te refift and fuperwiue Clarke Prior 2. Drowfinefs ; careleflnefs ; indolence intend A fupervifor ma [Jupin, French; fupinum Who on the beds of fin fupinely lie They in the fummer of their age fhall die. Sandys The old imprifon'd king Whofe lenity firft pleas'd the gaping crowd But when long try'd, and found fupinely good he had the greateft deteftation imaginable, coul not cafily remove it Fell Such a mutual gravitation can never fupervene t matter, unlefs imprefled bya divine power. Bentley tin. n In grammar, a term fignifyLatin. ing a particular kind of verbal noun SupriI'NELY. adv. [from fupine. 1. With the face upward 2. Drowfily ; thoughtlefsly ; indolently His good-will, when placed on any, was fo fixe an Dryden Tatler He became pufillanimous and fupine, and openl Wo.dward expofed to any temptation unneceflary; ferving to no purpofe SuPERVACA'NEOUSLY King Charles Supine 1n Sylvia's fnowy arms he lies And all the bufy cares of life defies Superfluous; needlefs Diét by their abfence, filence, ne gligence, or fupine credulity Supine amidft our flowing ftor We flept fecurely More than fubftantial cancus, Latin. " Dryden Extend thy loofe battalions Dryden SUPERSUBSTA'NTIAL the hard earth the Lycian knock'd his head And lay fupine; and forth the fpirit fled. Dryden What advantage hath a man by this erectio You have added to your natural endowment th SuperfFruftures of ftudy Brown's Vulgar Errours erect Hammond ftraining of a ftring, the further it i a n '-_q'o fnaSlned, the lefsfuperfiram goeth toa note. Bacon UPERSTRU'CT to prone Built upon fomething elfe SuPERVI'SOR. #. /. [from Jfuperwife.] A overfeer; an infpeftor; a fuperintendant SuriNA TION, #. /o [ fupination, Fr. fro Jupino, Lat.] The act of lying, or ftat of being laid, with the face upward SUPI'NE. adj. [ fupinus, Latin. 1. Lying with the face upward: oppofe fuper Watts's Logick e ERTSTRA‘IN. . a. [/fuper i fz] fio.fl-ram beyond the juft ftretc B flfl‘uc‘?. M. Bayle fpeaks of the vexation of the fuperwifing of the prefs, in terms fo feeling that the Congreve move compaflion To°"é1¥::nd fujzet]htxo'ufly purfued SurersTrU ' CTiON Surr'NiTY. 2 /i [from fupine. 1. Pofture of lying with the face upwards 2 Careleflnefs ; indolence nefs thoughtlefl =5 The fourth caufe of errour is a fupinity ot neg bt do w re wh te ma i eve y ui en o le rather believing than going to fee Brown's Vulgar Errours SuppPEDA NEOUS. adj. [ fub and pes, Lat. Placed under the feet He had flender legs, but encreafed by ridin up de ce de ou hu th is tha l me afte their pendulofity, they having no fupport or fup Browsm pedaneons fability SU'PPER. . /. [ fouper, Fr. See Suer. The laft meal of the day; the €venin repaft To-night we hold a folemn fupper H Shakgfpear |