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Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens. Our country sinks beneath the yoke. Shak.

fice or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession. A feudatory or beneficiary king of England. Bacon.

Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy.

The quality of being better or superior; superiority. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.

ican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see. Bishop in partibus [infidelium] (R. C. Ch.), a bishop of a se…

Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous. [Obs. or Archaic as applied to material things.] Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth. Bacon. It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall. Pepys.

A dress fabric having a glossy finish on both sides, resembling alpaca but of superior quality.

bjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity. Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question. Whewell.

Chief; superior. [R.] captain jewes in the carcanet. Shak.

The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal. Even with regard to captures made at sea. Bluckstone.

The top or superior part of a thing.

Of fundamental importance; preëminet; superior; chief; principal. The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. Sir T. Browne. Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. Drayton. But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye. Shak. Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in distinction from first, second, third, et…

Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous.

A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irreguarities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice,…

A claim or demand. [Obs.] There must be no challenge of superiority. Collier.

Of superior quality and temper; -- applied to steel. [Obs.] Milton.

A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and weastern shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways.

Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable. My choicest hours of life are lost. Swift.

To have a view, as from a superior position. Far and wide his eye commands. Milton.

Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position.