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  1. adverb On high; overhead: the clouds above.
  2. adverb In heaven; heavenward.
  3. adverb Upstairs: a table in the dining room above.
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  • In fact, challenging them on the above is the essence of a true democracy. —  Countercurrents.org
  • So the above is my question only, nothing narrative. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • I hope that helps, I am by no means an expert but the above is my working method. —  Discussions: Message List - root
  • [Needless to mention, the above is a loose translation from the only language accepted in the XXXI century - Chindian]. —  Simply Jews
  • Even if you don't buy the argument, I think the above is about the reasons you will hear from most retailers for why they use wholesalers instead of buying directly from publishers. —  A Motley Vision
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  1. Middle English aboven, from Old English abūfan : a-, on; see a-2 + būfan, above; see upo in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English above, aboven, abuve, abuven, abufen (later English dial. and Scots aboon, abune, q. v.), from Anglo-Saxon ābūfan, above, from ā- for on + bufan (full form beufan = Old Saxon biobhan = Dutch boven), above, from be-, by, + ufan, from above, above, = Old Saxon obhana, from above, obhan, above, = Old High German opana, obana, Middle High German G. oben, = Icelandic ofan; all from a base appearing in Gothic (Moesogothic) uf, preposition, under, Old High German opa, aba, Middle High German obe, ob, adverb and preposition, over, Icelandic of, preposition, over, for. A different form of the same base appears in up, q. v. See also over.
 

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