Above
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Old English above, aboven, abuffe, Anglo-Saxon abufon; an (on) +
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Preposition
above
- 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. — Genesis 2:20
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- 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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- Thy worth ... is actions above my gifts. — Marlowe
- I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun. — Acts 36:13
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- Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. (See adverb #4 below)
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