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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Below  \Be*low"\,  prep.  [Pref.  be-  by  +  low.] 
  1.  Under  or  lower  in  place  beneath  not  so  high;  as  below 
  the  moon;  below  the  knee.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Inferior  to  in  rank,  excellence,  dignity,  value,  amount, 
  price,  etc.;  lower  in  quality.  ``One  degree  below  kings.'' 
  --Addison. 
 
  3.  Unworthy  of  unbefitting;  beneath. 
 
  They  beheld,  with  a  just  loathing  and  disdain,  .  .  . 
  how  below  all  history  the  persons  and  their  actions 
  were  --Milton. 
 
  Who  thinks  no  fact  below  his  regard.  --Hallam. 
 
  Syn:  Underneath;  under  beneath. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Below  \Be*low"\,  adv 
  1.  In  a  lower  place  with  respect  to  any  object;  in  a  lower 
  room  beneath. 
 
  Lord  Marmion  waits  below.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  2.  On  the  earth,  as  opposed  to  the  heavens. 
 
  The  fairest  child  of  Jove  below.  --Prior. 
 
  3.  In  hell,  or  the  regions  of  the  dead. 
 
  What  business  brought  him  to  the  realms  below. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  4.  In  court  or  tribunal  of  inferior  jurisdiction;  as  at  the 
  trial  below.  --Wheaton. 
 
  5.  In  some  part  or  page  following. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  below 
  adv  1:  in  or  to  a  place  that  is  lower  [syn:  {at  a  lower  place},  {to 
  a  lower  place},  {beneath}]  [ant:  {above}] 
  2:  at  a  later  place  "see  below"  [ant:  {above}] 
  3:  (in  writing)  see  below;  "vide  infra"  [syn:  {infra}] 
  4:  on  a  floor  below;  "the  tenants  live  downstairs"  [syn:  {downstairs}, 
  {down  the  stairs},  {on  a  lower  floor}]  [ant:  {upstairs}] 
  5:  further  down  "see  under  for  further  discussion"  [syn:  {under}] 




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