GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 2 definitions

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   Beneath , prep. [OE. benethe, bineoðen, AS. beneoðan, benyðan; pref. be- + neoðan, nyðan, downward, beneath, akin to E. nether. See Nether.]
   Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. “Beneath the mount.”
   Ex. xxxii. 19.
   
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   Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies.
   Pope.
   
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   Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens.
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   Our country sinks beneath the yoke.
   Shak.
   
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   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.
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   He will do nothing that is beneath his high station.
   Atterbury.
   
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2.       
   Beneath , adv.
   In a lower place; underneath.
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   The earth you take from beneath will be barren.
   Mortimer.
   
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   Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath.
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