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beneathe

beneathe is the obsolete spelling of beneath.

Meaning of beneath

Preposition

beneath

  1. Below.
    • Our country sinks beneath the yoke.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. In a position that is lower in rank, dignity, etc.
    • Their despicable behaviour is beneath contempt.
  3. Covered up or concealed by something.

See all 4 meanings of beneath

Questions about beneathe

What is beneathe the obsolete spelling of?
Beneathe is the obsolete spelling of beneath.

Words near beneathe in the dictionary

  1. beneaped
  2. beneath
  3. beneath contempt
  4. beneath the hood
  5. beneath the surface
  6. beneathe
  7. beneathness
  8. beneception
  9. beneceptive
  10. beneceptor
  11. beneceptors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: beneathe (page history and authors); beneath (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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