Superior
Definition of Superior
Su`pe´ri`or | a. | 1. | More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. | | 2. | Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; - with to. | | 5. | More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species. | | 6. | (Bot.) 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. | | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | (Eccl.) The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like. |
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