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bove a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.) above all, before every other consideration; chiefly; in preference to other things. Over and above, prep. or adv., besides; in addition to.

The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

mmary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief. An abstract of every treatise he had read. Watts. Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heaven hath modeled. Ford.

accession is more generally used.] I, from the influence of thy looks, receive Access in every virtue. Milton.

e of national wisdom." Burke. "Mind and soul according well." Tennyson. According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat.

often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.

Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.

crime or with a lighter offense. We come not by the way of accusation To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. Shak.

A right of action; as, the law gives an action for every claim.

Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.

The quality of being adaptable; suitableness. "General adaptability for every purpose." Farrar.

By day, or every day; in the daytime. [Obs.] Fielding.

Capable of being adduced. Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, are adducible. I. Taylor.

Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient. Beaus adept in everything profound. Cowper.

sistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. "Nor time nor place did then adhere." Every thing adheres together." Shak.

promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning. In heaven . . . every one (so well they love each other) rejoiceth and hath his part in each other's advancement. Sir T. More. True religion . . . proposes for its end the joint advancement of the virtue and happiness of the people. Horsley.…

be done; expedient; prudent. Some judge it advisable for a man to account with his heart every day. South.

To tend to by affinity or disposition. The drops of every fluid affect a round figure. Newton.

being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

cording to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value. Bacon. After all, when everything has been considered; upon the whole. -- After (with the same noun preceding and following), as, wave after wave, day after day, several or many (waves, etc.) successively. -- One after another, successively. -- To be…