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sit above: have a higher place than Tim. III. ii. 95 “policy sits above conscience” ; sit down, lay siege Cor. IV. vii. 28 “All places yield to him ere he sits down” ; for All'sW. I. i. 131, Ant. III. xi. [xiii.] 168 see SET DOWN (BEFORE); sit out, not to take part LLL. I. i. 110.

