supe (sup)

i.; pret. and pp suped, ppr. suping. [ supe, n.] To act the supe, in either IMG:content-2481.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-2482.png:[blocks in formation] Sun - worship is by no means universal among the lower races of mankind, but manifests itself in the upper levels of savage religion in districts far and wide over the earth, often a uming the prominence which it keeps and developes in the faiths of the barbaric world. E. B. Tylor , Prim. Culture, II. 259. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary super ture, etc., or (b) the meaning 'over, above, beyond' in manner, degree, measure, or the like, as in superexcellent, superfine, etc. It is a common English formative, espe cially in technical use. In chemistry it is used similarly sometimes like epi, is the opposite of sub-, subter-, and hypo-, and is the same as supra-. The more recent and technical compounds of super- which follow are left with to per-. In zoology and anatomy it is used like out further etymology.