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- noun Plural form of
superaddition .
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Examples
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The walls were broken by Atlantes, no two of which were alike, but all supporting a cornice wrought with arabesques exceedingly intricate in form, and more elegant on account of superadditions of colour-blue, green, Tyrian purple, and gold.
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And though there is somewhat pre-supposed to our religion that is natural, it is but pre-supposed as fundamental to all that was necessary to be super-added, for there is not enough within the compass of nature to lead men to blessedness, if there be not great superadditions.
The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI. 1630-1705 1822
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But the latter are superadditions of a religious character, and belong to the class of the Ke-ke-wa-o-win-an-tig (_ante_,
A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians 1884
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