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Etymology

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From super- +‎ seminate.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌsuːpə(ɹ)ˈsɛmɪneɪt/
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Verb

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superseminate (third-person singular simple present superseminates, present participle superseminating, simple past and past participle superseminated)

  1. (obsolete, nonce word) To sow over something previously sown.
    • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “Section III”, in Clerus Domini: or, A Discourse of the Divine Institution, Necessity, Sacrednesse, and Separation of the Office Ministerial. [], London: [] R[ichard] Royston [], published 1655, →OCLC, paragraph 15, page 20:
      [T]hey that have the guiding of ſouls muſt remember that they [] muſt render an account; and that cannot be done with joy, when it ſhall be indifferent to any man to ſuperſeminate what he pleaſe; []

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 superseminate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Verb

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supersēmināte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of supersēminō