Above

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adv More than; as, above five hundred were present.

II. Above ·adv Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.

III. Above ·adv Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page.

IV. Above ·adv In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.

V. Above ·prep In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over;

— opposed to below or beneath.

VI. Above ·prep Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. ·see Above, ·adv, 4.).

VII. Above ·prep 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.

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