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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Excel \Ex*cel"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Excelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excelling}.] [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See {Culminate}, {Column}.]
1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.
Excelling others, these were great; Thou, greater still, must these excel. --Prior.
I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. --Eccl. ii. 13.
2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.
She opened; but to shut Excelled her power; the gates wide open stood. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Excel \Ex*cel"\, verb (used without an object) To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics.
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. --Gen. xlix. 4.
Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
excel
verb: distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" [syn: {stand out}, {surpass}] [also: {excelling}, {excelled}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "excel": be born for, be master of, beat, best, better, cap, dominate, eclipse, exceed, go beyond, go one better, improve on, outdo, outpace, outrank, outshine, outstrip, outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overcome, overpass, overshadow, overtop, perfect, predominate, preponderate, prevail, shine, shine in, surpass, top, tower above, tower over, transcend, trump
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Excel {Microsoft Excel}
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Excel, AL (town, FIPS 24880) Location: 31.42617 N, 87.34242 W Population (1990): 571 (220 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Excel, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama Population (2000): 582 Housing Units (2000): 253 Land area (2000): 1.649436 sq. miles (4.272020 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.649436 sq. miles (4.272020 sq. km) FIPS code: 24880 Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01 Location: 31.427308 N, 87.340587 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Excel, AL Excel
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