ETYMOLOGY
from Latin ex(s)uperat- ppl. stem of ex(s)uperare,
from ex- + superare (to rise above), from super (above)
EXAMPLE
“…And if bewtie breed such blisfulnesse
Euamouring both God and man
Good Lady let no wilfulnesse
Exuperate your bewtye then
To slaye the hertes that yeld & craue
ladye ladye
The graunt of your goodwil to haue
My deare ladye…”
From: The Panges of Loue and Louers Fittes
By William Elderton, 1559
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