superiority (superior it i)

[OF. super i orite, F. supériorité = Sp. superior i dad = Pg. superioridade = It. superior ità, IMG:content-2496.png:[blocks in formation] 2. In Scots law, the right which the superior enjoys in the land held by the va al. (See superior, 3.) The superiority of all the lands in the kingdom was originally in the sovereign. Syn. 1. Preference, etc. (see priority ); predominancy, ascendancy, advantage, preponderance, excellence, no superiorly (su-pē'ri-or-li), adv. 1. In a higher Do position; above; cephalad, of man; dorsad, of other animals.-2. În a superior manner. superior ne (su-pē'ri-or-nes), n. Superiority. Mme. D'Arblay, Camilla, iii. 6. ( Daries.) bility. [Rare.] super i us (sū-pē'ri-us), n. [ML., neut. of superior, higher: see superior.] In medieval music, the highest voice-part in part-writing, corresponding to the modern soprano or treble. superjacent (sū-per-ja's ent), a. [ jacent. Whewell. superlationt (sū-per-lā'shon), n. [= It. super lazione, Super lati on and over-muchne amplifies. IMG:content-2497.png:[blocks in formation] lativ, LL. superlativus, exaggerated, hyperbolic, superlative, Ther nys no thyng in gree superlatyf , As seith Senek, above an humble wyf. Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 131. Here beauty is superlative . Beau , and Fl . , Laws of Candy, ii. 1. 2. In gram., noting that form of an adjective or an adverb which expre es the highest or utmost degree of the quality or manner: as, the superlative degree of comparison. II. n. 1. That which is highest or of most eminence; the utmost degree. Thus doing, you shall be most fayre, most ritch, most wise, most all; you shall dwell vpon Superlatives. Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie. 2. In gram.: (a) The superlative degree of adjectives or adverbs, which is formed in English by the termination -est, as meanest, highest, bravest; hence, also, the equivalent phrase made by the use of most, as most high, most brave; or even of least, as least amiable. Some have a violent and turgid manner of talking and thinking; they are always in extremes, and pronounce concerning everything in the superlative. Watts. (b) A word or phrase in the superlative degree: as, to make much use of superlatives. superlucratet (sū-pèr-lūʼkrāt), v. t. [ As hath been proved, the people of England do thrive, and it is po ible they might superlucrate twenty five millions per annum. Petty , Political Arithmetick, p. 107. (Encyc. Dict.)