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- Superior - a. - More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.
- Superior - a. - Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility.
- Superior - a. - Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery.
- Superior - a. - Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to.
- Superior - a. - More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species.
- Superior - a. - Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.
- Superior - a. - Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.
- Superior - a. - Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle.
- Superior - n. - One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English.
- Superior - n. - The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.
- Superioress - n. - A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior.
- Superiority - n. - The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit.
- Superiorly - adv. - In a superior position or manner.
- Fatality - n. - The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.
- Command - v. i. - To have a view, as from a superior position.
- Affinity - n. - A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.
- Feudatory - n. - A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.
- Degenerationist - n. - A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state.
- Myrmidon - n. - A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc.
- Appeal - v. t. - To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision.
- Outflank - v. t. - To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of.
- Supereminent - a. - Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ.
- Cremona - n. - A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy.
- Superior - a. - More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species.
- Visitation - n. - Specifically: The act of a superior or superintending officer who, in the discharge of his office, visits a corporation, college, etc., to examine into the manner in which it is conducted, and see that its laws and regulations are duly observed and executed; as, the visitation of a diocese by a bishop.
- Reign - n. - To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.
- Saltfoot - n. - A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.
- Overmatch - n. - One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched.
- Head - n. - The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon.
- Exarch - n. - A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc.
- Prepotent - a. - Very powerful; superior in force, influence, or authority; predominant.
- Imperial - a. - Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.
- Procedendo - n. - A writ by which a cause which has been removed on insufficient grounds from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari, or otherwise, is sent down again to the same court, to be proceeded in there.
- Tenure - n. - The consideration, condition, or service which the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of his land.
- Presence - n. - Specifically, neighborhood to the person of one of superior of exalted rank; also, presence chamber.
- Refer - v. t. - Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal.
- Trochlea - n. - A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as, the trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes.
- Subdue - v. t. - To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.
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- G510 ἀνωτερικός - 510 ἀνωτερικός - ἈΝΩΤΕΡΙΚΌΣ - - anōterikós - an-o-ter-ee-kos' - from ἀνώτερος; superior, i.e. (locally) more remote:--upper. - Adjective - greek
- G5228 ὑπέρ - 5228 ὑπέρ - ὙΠΈΡ - - hypér - hoop-er' - a primary preposition; "over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than:--(+ exceeding, abundantly) above, in (on) behalf of, beyond, by, + very chiefest, concerning, exceeding (above, -ly), for, + very highly, more (than), of, over, on the part of, for sake of, in stead, than, to(-ward), very. In the comparative, it retains many of the above applications. - Preposition - greek
- G5242 ὑπερέχω - 5242 ὑπερέχω - ὙΠΕΡΈΧΩ - - hyperéchō - hoop-er-ekh'-o - from ὑπέρ and ἔχω; to hold oneself above, i.e. (figuratively) to excel; participle (as adjective, or neuter as noun) superior, superiority:--better, excellency, higher, pass, supreme. - Verb - greek
- G5247 ὑπεροχή - 5247 ὑπεροχή - ὙΠΕΡΟΧΉ - - hyperochḗ - hoop-er-okh-ay' - from ὑπερέχω; prominence, i.e. (figuratively) superiority (in rank or character):--authority, excellency. - Noun Feminine - greek
- H4912 מָשָׁל - 4912 מָשָׁל - מָשָׁל - - mâshâl - maw-shawl' - apparently from מָשַׁל in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse); byword, like, parable, proverb. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H4609 מַעֲלָה - 4609 מַעֲלָה - מַעֲלָה - - maʻălâh - mah-al-aw' - feminine of מַעֲלֶה; elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms); things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story. - Noun Feminine - heb
- H4195 מוֹתָר - 4195 מוֹתָר - מוֹתָר - - môwthâr - mo-thar' - from יָתַר; literally gain; figuratively, superiority; plenteousness, preeminence, profit. - Noun Masculine - heb
- G4053 περισσός - 4053 περισσός - ΠΕΡΙΣΣΌΣ - - perissós - per-is-sos' - from περί (in the sense of beyond); superabundant (in quantity) or superior (in quality); by implication, excessive; adverbially (with ἐκ) violently; neuter (as noun) preeminence:--exceeding abundantly above, more abundantly, advantage, exceedingly, very highly, beyond measure, more, superfluous, vehement(-ly). - Adjective - greek
- G4253 πρό - 4253 πρό - ΠΡΌ - - pró - pro - a primary preposition; "fore", i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to:--above, ago, before, or ever. In the comparative, it retains the same significations. - Preposition - greek
- H3499 יֶתֶר - 3499 יֶתֶר - יֶתֶר - - yether - yeh'-ther - from יָתַר; properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free); [phrase] abundant, cord, exceeding, excellancy(-ent), what they leave, that hath left, plentifully, remnant, residue, rest, string, with. - Noun Masculine - heb