supererogate

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Verb (intransitive)

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supererogate, v. i. [L. supererogatus, p. p. of supererogare to spend or pay out over and above; super over, above + erogare to expend or pay out money from the public treasury after asking the consent of the people. See Super-, and Erogate, Rogation.].

To do more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality. [1913 Webster]

"The fervency of one man in prayer can not supererogate for the coldness of another." [1913 Webster]