super angular (supe rang gular)

Situated Proud; haughty; arrogant. Bailey, 1731.-2. over or the angular bone of the mandible: more frequently sur angular (which see). super anna tet (sū-per-an'at), v. i. [ F. suranner ), live beyond the year, hence (in F.) grow very old, The dying in the winter of the roots of plants that are annual seemeth to be partly caused by the over-expence of the sap into stalk and leaves, which being prevented, they will super ann ate , if they stand warm. Bacon , Nat. Hist., § 448. superannuate (su-per-an'u-āt), v.; pret. and PP. superannuated, ppr. superannuating. [Altered, in apparent conformity with annual, from super ann ate, q. v.] I. trans. 1. To impair or disqualify in any way by old age: used chiefly in the past participle: as, a superannu ated magistrate. Some superannuated Virgin that hath lost her Lover. Howell, Letters, I. i. 12. Were there any hopes to outlive vice, or a point to be superannuated from sin, it were worthy our knees to implore the days of Me thu selah. Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, i. 42. Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, xxviii. 2. To set aside or displace as too old; specifically, to allow to retire from service on a pension, on account of old age or infirmity; give a retiring pension to; put on the retired list; pension off: as, to superannuate a seaman. A superannuated beauty still unmarried. History scientifically treated restores the ancient gift of prophecy, and with it may restore that ancient skill by which a new doctrine was furnished to each new period and the old doctrine could be superannuated without disrespect. J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 224. II.t in trans. 1. To last beyond the year. -2. To become impaired or disabled by length of years; live until weakened or usele . superannuate (su-per-an'u-āt), a. [Cf. superannuate, v.] Superannuated; impaired or disabled through old age; lasting until usele . Doubtle his church will be no hospital For superannuate forms and mumping shams. Lowell , Cathedral. IMG:content-2486.png:[blocks in formation] The world itself is in a state of superannuation , if there be such a word. Cowper , To Joseph Hill, Feb. 15, 1781. 2. The state of being superannuated, or removed from office, employment, or the like, and receiving an allowance on account of long service or of old age or infirmity; also, a pen sion or allowance granted on such account. Also used attributively: as, a superannuation list. In the first place superannuation is a guarantee of fidelity; in the second place, it encourages efficient officers; in the third place, it retains good men in the service. Pop. Sci . Mo., XXVII. 579. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; splendid. Where noble West more land, his country's friend, Bids British greatne love the silent shade, Where piles superb , in cla ic elegance, Arise, and all is Roman, like his heart. C. Smart, The Hop-Garden, ii. He [Thoreau) gives us now and then superb outlooks from some jutting crag. Lowell , Study Windows, p. 208. 3. Rich; elegant; sumptuous; showy: as, su perb furniture or decorations. The last grave fop of the last age, In a superb and feather'd hearse. Church ill, The Ghost. 4. Very fine; first-rate: as, a superb exhibition. [Colloq.] - Superb bird of paradise, Lophorhina su perba: so named by Latham, afterle super be of Bri on (1760). IMG:content-2487.jpg:[graphic] Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorhina superb a ), male. It was placed in the genus Paradise a, till Vieillot founded for it the generic name under which it is now known, in the form Lophorina (1816). The superb is confined to New Guinea. The male is 9 inches long; the general color is velvety-black, burnished and spangled with various metallic iridescence; the mantle rises into a sort of shield, and the breastplate is of rich metallic green plumes mostly edged with copper. The female is brown of various shades, as chocolate and rufous and blackish, varied with white in some places, and has the under parts mostly pale-buff cro -barred with brown. Superb lily, a plant of the See Malurus . Syn. 2. Magnificent , Splendid , etc. (see grand), noble, beautiful, exquisite. superb i a tet, v . t . [ superb + -i- ate .] To make haughty. By living under Pharaoh, how quickly Joseph learned the Courtship of an Oath! Italy builds a Villain; Spain superb i ates ; Germany makes a drunkard. Feltham, Resolves, i. 69.