INFERIOR
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In*fe"ri*or (?), a. [L., compar. of inferus that is below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F. inférieur. See Under.]
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1. Lower in place, rank, value, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
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A thousand inferior and particular propositions.
I. Watts.
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The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior nature.
Burke.
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Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.
Dryden.
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2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
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3. (Astron.) (a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus. (b) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
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4. (Bot.) (a) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx. (b) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.
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5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
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Inferior court (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction of another court known as the superior court, or higher court. -- Inferior letter, Inferior figure (Print.), a small letter or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to superior letter or figure), as in A2, Bn, 2 and n are inferior characters. -- Inferior tide, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit of the meridian, when below the horizon.
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In*fe"ri*or, n. A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.
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A great person gets more by obliging his inferior than by disdaining him.
South.
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