עָדַף (b. h.) [to be lax, hang over,] to be abundant; to be larger, more, better. Sifra K’dosh. beg. יכול שכבוד האב עוֹדֵף וכ׳ you might think that honoring the father was more important than &c. Yalk. Ps. 876 יַעֲדֹף, v. עָדִיף h. Midd. IV, 7 האולם עוֹדֵף עליו וכ׳ the hall extended beyond it (the Hekhal) fifteen cubits to the north &c. Y. R. Hash. II, 58ᵇ top [read:] אילו אמר בעיבור הייתי אומר … שההמה עוֹדֶפֶת וכ׳ if he had said b’‘ibbur (by intercalation), I might have said, this refers to the eleven days by which the solar year is larger than the lunar year. Erub. 83ᵃ סאה של ירושלמית עודפת וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. יתירה) the Jerusalem S’ah is larger than … by &c.; a. e.
Hif. - הֶעְדִּיף to do more (than enough); to be liberal. Kidd. 63ᵃ, a. e. שמא תַעְדִּיף יתר וכ׳ she might do more work for him than is due to him. Tosef. B. Mets. IV, 14 אע"פ שמַעְדִּיפִין זה על זה although one of the partners does more business than the other (they are liberal towards one another). Y. Dem. V, 24ᶜ המַעְדִּיף על מעשרותיו he who adds to his tithes (gives more than one-tenth; Tosef. Dem. VIII, 13 המרבה במעשרות); a. e.