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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Surpass \Sur*pass"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Surpassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surpassing}.] [F. surpasser; sur over + passer to pass. See {Sur-}, and {Pass}.] To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.
This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his joy. --Milton.
Syn: To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Surpassing \Sur*pass"ing\, adjective Eminently excellent; exceeding others. ''With surpassing glory crowned.'' --Milton. -- {Sur*pass"ing*ly}, adverb -- {Sur*pass"ing*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
surpassing
adjective
1: exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence [syn: {transcendent}]
2: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: {exceeding}, {exceptional}, {olympian}, {prodigious}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "surpassing": a cut above, above, absolute, ahead, arrant, ascendant, best, better, capping, champion, choice, chosen, classical, complete, consummate, crass, decided, definitive, distinguished, downright, eclipsing, egregious, elect, elite, eminent, enormous, exceeding, excellent, excelling, excessive, extraordinary, finer, flagrant, for the best, glaring, great, greater, greatest, gross, handpicked, higher, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, incomparable, intolerable, major, marked, matchless, of choice, one up on, optimal, optimum, out-and-out, outright, outstanding, over, paramount, peerless, perfect, picked, positive, precious, preeminent, prime, prize, profound, pronounced, proper, quintessential, rank, rare, regular, rivaling, select, shattering, shocking, stark, stark-staring, super, superior, superlative, supreme, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, topping, total, towering, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, ultimate, unbearable, unconscionable, undeniable, unequivocal, unmatchable, unmatched, unmitigated, unparalleled, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, unsurpassable, unsurpassed, upper, utter, very best
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