superlation

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English

Etymology

From Latin superlatio. See superlative.

Noun

superlation (plural superlations)

  1. (obsolete) exaltation of anything beyond truth or propriety
    • 1647, George Buck, The History of the Life and Reigne of Richard The Third:
      he gave such a studied glosse and superlation to the Text.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for superlation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)