supererogate means supererogatory. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
supererogate is pronounced /ˌs(j)uːpəɹˈɛɹəɡeɪt/.
Why “supererogate” is a great word
SUPEREROGATE — [Verb] To perform an action that exceeds what is demanded by duty or obligation. From the Latin super- ("over, above") + erogare ("to pay out, expend"), first attested in English in the 1590s. Unlike "fulfill" (which meets a requirement) or "neglect" (which fails it), to supererogate is to discharge a moral surplus. It is the student revising a paper beyond the rubric's demands, the hour spent listening after the necessary advice has been given, or the silent correction of a stranger's error when letting it stand would cause no blame—a quiet, unenforceable expenditure of the spirit that insists there is more to goodness than mere accountancy.
verb
- To do more than God commands.“They who, in their obedience, attain to the greatest height which is possible in this life, are so far from being able to supererogate, and to do more than God requires, […]”
- To make up with excess for the lack prepositioned by for.
- To supererogate (in any sense) in the service of the prepositional argument.
- To give that earned through supererogation to another.
- As in other senses but taking as an object the excess deeds or works.
- To deserve or more than deserve.