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2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. -- See Superintend.

Su`per*vise", n. Supervision; inspection. [Obs.]

Su`per*vi"sion (?), n. The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight.

Su`per*vi"sive (?), a. Supervisory. [R.]

Su`per*vis"or (?), n. 1. One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools.

2. A spectator; a looker-on. [Obs.] Shak.

Su`per*vi"so*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers.

Su`per*vive" (?), v. t. [L. supervivere. See Survive.] To survive; to outlive. [Obs.]

Su`per*vo*lute" (?), a. [L. supervolutus, p. p. of supervolvere to roll over; super over + volvere to roll.] (Bot.) Having a plainted and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning- glory.

Su`pi*na"tion (?), n. [L. supinare, supinatum, to bend or lay backward, fr. supinus supine: cf. F. supination. See Supine.] (Physiol.) (a) The act of turning the hand palm upward; also, position of the hand with the palm upward. (b) The act or state of lying with the face upward. Opposed to pronation.

Su`pi*na"tor (?), n. [NL.] (Anat.) A muscle which produces the motion of supination.

Su*pine" (?), a. [L. supinus, akin to sub under, super above. Cf. Sub-, Super-.] 1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone.

2. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.

If the vine On rising ground be placed, or hills supine.

Dryden.

3. Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.

He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any temptation.

Woodward.

Syn. -- Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless; inattentive; listless; careless; drowsy.

-- Su*pine"ly, adv. -- Su*pine"ness, n.

Su"pine (?), n. [L. supinum (sc. verbum), from supinus bent or thrown backward, perhaps so called because, although furnished with substantive case endings, it rests or falls back, as it were, on the verb: cf. F. supin.] (Lat. Gram.) A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine.

Su*pin"i*ty (?), n. [L. supinitas.] Supineness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Sup"page (?), n. [From Sup.] What may be supped; pottage. [Obs.] Hooker.

Sup`pal*pa"tion (?), n. [L. suppalpari to caress a little; sub under, a little + palpare to caress.] The act of enticing by soft words; enticement. [Obs.]

Sup*par`a*si*ta"tion (?), n. [See Supparasite.] The act of flattering to gain favor; servile approbation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Sup*par"a*site (?), v. t. [L. supparasitari; sub under, a little + parasitus a parasite.] To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite. [Obs.] Dr. R. Clerke.

Sup*pawn" (?), n. See Supawn.