Obs. [f. L. ērogāt- ppl. stem of ērogā-re to pay out, f. ē out + rogāre to ask, the orig. sense being to pay out public money after asking the consent of the Roman people.] trans. To pay out, expend; to distribute. Also absol.
1531. Elyot, Gov., II. viii. 130. Aristotle defineth a liberal man to be he whiche doth erogate acordinge to the rate of his substance.
1550. Veron, Godly Sayings (1846), 72. They thought that he should erogate and part his body emonge them.
1692. Bp. of Ely, Asst. Touchstone, 119. No Man can Supererogate till he have first erogated.
1828. in Webster; and in mod. Dicts.
