SPage 647
- English Word Superinspect Definition To over see; to superintend by inspection.
- English Word Superinstitution Definition One institution upon another, as when A is instituted and admitted to a benefice upon a title, and B instituted and admitted upon the presentation of another.
- English Word Superintellectual Definition Being above intellect.
- English Word Superintend Definition To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort.
- English Word Superintended Definition of Superintend
- English Word Superintendence Definition The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction; supervision.
- English Word Superintendency Definition The act of superintending; superintendence.
- English Word Superintendent Definition Overseeing; superintending.
- English Word Superintendent Definition One who has the oversight and charge of some place, institution, or organization, affairs, etc., with the power of direction; as, the superintendent of an almshouse; the superintendent of public works.
- English Word Superintender Definition A superintendent.
- English Word Superintending Definition of Superintend
- English Word Superinvestiture Definition An outer vestment or garment.
- English Word Superior Definition More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.
- English Word Superior Definition Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility.
- English Word Superior Definition 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.
- English Word Superior Definition Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to.
- English Word Superior Definition More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species.
- English Word Superior Definition 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.
- English Word Superior Definition Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.
- English Word Superior Definition Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle.
- English Word Superior Definition 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.
- English Word Superior Definition The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.
- English Word Superioress Definition A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior.
- English Word Superiority Definition The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit.
- English Word Superiorly Definition In a superior position or manner.
- English Word Superjacent Definition Situated immediately above; as, superjacent rocks.
- English Word Superlation Definition Exaltation of anything beyond truth or propriety.
- English Word Superlative Definition Lifted up to the highest degree; most eminent; surpassing all other; supreme; as, superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of superlative beauty; the superlative glory of the divine character.
- English Word Superlative Definition Expressing the highest or lowest degree of the quality, manner, etc., denoted by an adjective or an adverb. The superlative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -est, most, or least; as, highest, most pleasant, least bright.
- English Word Superlative Definition That which is highest or most eminent; the utmost degree.