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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beneath \Be*neath"\, prep. [OE. benethe bineo[eth]en, AS beneo[eth]an, beny[eth]an; pref. be- + neo[eth]an, ny[eth]an, downward, beneath, akin to E. nether. See {Nether}.] 1. Lower in place with something directly over or on under underneath; hence at the foot of ``Beneath the mount.'' --Ex. xxxii 19. Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies. --Pope. 2. Under in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens. Our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak. 3. Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than as brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of unbecoming. He will do nothing that is beneath his high station. --Atterbury. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beneath \Be*neath"\, adv 1. In a lower place underneath. The earth you take from beneath will be barren. --Mortimer. 2. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as in earth beneath. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: beneath adv : in or to a place that is lower [syn: {below}, {at a lower place}, {to a lower place}] [ant: {above}]
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