1. (v. t.) To heat too much, to overheat; to heat beyond the boiling point; as, to superheat a liquid\.

2. (v. t.) To heat, as steam, apart from contact with water, until it resembles a perfect gas.

3. (n.) The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it.

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