Obs. Also 7–8 exuperance. [a. F. exsuperance (Montaigne), ad. L. ex(s)uperantia, n. of state f. ex(s)uperant-em, pr. pple. of ex(s)uperāre: see EXSUPERATE.] The condition or fact of exceeding; superabundance, excess.
1603. Holland, Plutarch’s Mor., 1256. The excesse of Nete and Mese by arithmeticall proportion, sheweth the exuperances in equall partie.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 552. Vntil the like exsuperance of blood come into the same place againe.
1644. Digby, Nat. Bodies, x. § 8. 83. The exuperance of the density of A to water is 10 degrees.
1682. Sir T. Browne, Chr. Mor. (1716), 76. Nor will his Attributes admit of expressions above their own Exuperances.
† b. As a title of honor, Obs.
1609. [see EXSCRIPT].
c. concr. That which is in excess; that which towers above other things. Const. of.
1635. Heywood, Hierarch., II. Comm. 86. Simplicitie is sole King, Prince, and Ex-superance of all things that haue being.
