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Webster 1913 Edition
Exceeding
Ex-ceed′ing
,Adj.
More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless.
“The exceeding riches of his grace.” Eph. ii. 7.
– Ex-ceed′ing-ness
, Noun.
[Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.
Ex-ceed′ing
,adv.
In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly.
[Archaic. It is not joined to verbs.]
“The voice exceeding loud.” Keble.
His raiment became shining,
exceeding
white as snow. Mark ix. 3.
The Genoese were
exceeding
powerful by sea. Sir W. Raleigh.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exceeding
EXCEE'DING
,ppr.
1.
Great in extent, quantity or duration; very extensive.Cities were built an exceeding space of time before the flood. [This sense is unusual.]
2.
adv. In a very great degree; unusually; as exceeding rich.The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea.
I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Gen.15.
EXCEE'DING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
exceeding
exceeding
English
Verb
exceeding
- present participle of exceed
Adjective
exceeding (comparative more exceeding, superlative most exceeding)
- (archaic) prodigious
- (archaic) exceptional, extraordinary
- (archaic) extreme
Adverb
exceeding (comparative more exceeding, superlative most exceeding)
- (archaic) Exceedingly.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.7:
- Those which write the life of Augustus Cæsar, note this in his military discipline, that he was exceeding liberall and lavish in his gifts to such as were of any desert […].
- 1905, The Myths of Plato, page 442:
- […] a mighty huge hole or gulf all round, in manner of a hollow globe cut through the midst, exceeding deep and horrible to see to, full of much darkness, […]
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.7:
Usage notes
- The adverbial usage was very common in the 17th and 18th centuries, but is now considered archaic.
Noun
exceeding (plural exceedings)
- (archaic) The situation of being in excess.
- 1812, Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, page 198:
- I have to say it appears to me in the first place, that the exceedings of expenditure beyond estimate appearing upon that account, do not give to the Grand Canal company the slightest legal right to any public money […]
- 1812, Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, page 198:
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.