ABOVE
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A*bove" (&unr_;), prep. [OE. above, aboven, abuffe, AS. abufon; an (or on) on + be by + ufan upward; cf. Goth. uf under. √199. See Over.] 1. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.
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Fowl that may fly above the earth.
Gen. i. 20.
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2. Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach. “Thy worth . . . is actions above my gifts.” Marlowe.
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I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun.
Acts xxxvi. 13.
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3. Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.)
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above all, before every other consideration; chiefly; in preference to other things.
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Over and above, prep. or adv., besides; in addition to.
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A*bove" (&unr_;), adv. 1. In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
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2. Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page. “That was said above.” Dryden.
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3. Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.
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4. More than; as, above five hundred were present.
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Above is often used elliptically as an adjective by omitting the word mentioned, quoted, or the like; as, the above observations, the above reference, the above articles. -- Above is also used substantively. “The waters that come down from above.” Josh. iii. 13.
[1913 Webster]It is also used as the first part of a compound in the sense of before, previously; as, above-cited, above-described, above-mentioned, above-named, abovesaid, abovespecified, above-written, above-given.
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