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above all
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above all
(gcide) | Above \A*bove"\, prep. [OE. above, aboven, abuffe, AS. abufon;
an (or on) on + be by + ufan upward; cf. Goth. uf under.
[root]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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above all
(wn) | above all
adv 1: above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you
must be independent" [syn: above all, {most
importantly}, most especially]
2: taking everything together; "she was first and last a
scientist" [syn: first and last, above all] |
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