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ve in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth. The amount of superior families oscillates rather than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed limits. Dc Quincey.

on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior.

To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of.

To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior military skill or executive ability; to outmaneuver. Chesterfield.

To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft. They did so much outwit and outwealth us ! Gauden.

Above; -- implying superiority in excellence, dignity, condition, or value; as, the advantages which the Christian world has over the heathen. Swift.

To gain the superiority; to be victorious. Rev. iii. 21.

The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery. He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. Sir T. More.

One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; a master. Freeman.

In the philosophy of Nietzsche, a man of superior physique and powers capable of dominating others; one fitted to survive in an egoistic struggle for the mastery.

To marry (one) to a superior. [Obs.] Burton.

To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.

Fig.: To cover with a superior influence. Milton.

To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. Becon.

A superior kind of dimity made in India, -- used for bed coverings. [Written also palampore, palampoor, etc.] De Colange.

Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. "The palm of martyrdom." Chaucer. So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. Shak. Molucca palm (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia (Molucella lævis), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. -- Palm cabbage,…

Worthy of the palm; palmy; preëminent; superior; principal; chief; as, palmary work. Br. Horne.

gement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled.

Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preëminent; as, a paramount duty. "A traitor paramount." Bacon. Lady paramount (Archery), the lady making the best score. -- Lord paramount, the king.

Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party.