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More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as,
the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. |
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Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a
superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. |
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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. |
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Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be
subdued or affected by; -- with to. |
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More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a
genus is superior to a species. |
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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. |
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Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is
toward the main stem; posterior. |
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Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said
of the radicle. |
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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. |
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The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like. |
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