▪ I. † superˈnate, v. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. supernatāre: see supernatant.]
intr. To float on the surface. b. trans. To float upon or above.
| 1683 Salmon Doron Med. i. xxv. 291 Upon which affuse so much..wine as may supernate them at least four Inches. 1694 ― Bate's Dispens. (1713) 491/2 Separate the super⁓nating Liquor. |
▪ II. ˈsupernate, n. Biol. and Med.
[f. supernatant a. and n., after filtrate, precipitate.]
= supernatant n.
| 1943 Jrnl. Immunol. XLVI. 326 After centrifuging these mixtures the supernates were tested for the presence of a sheep-cell hemolysin. 1979 Experientia XXXV. 193/2 After decantation of the supernate into counting vials. |