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Webster 1913 Edition

Surpass

Sur-pass′

,
Verb.
T.
[
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 perform (an activity) better than; to exceed; to excel.
This would
surpass

Common revenge and interrupt his joy.
Milton.
Syn. – To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.

Webster 1828 Edition

Surpass

SURP`ASS

,
Verb.
T.
To exceed; to excel; to go beyond in any thing good or bad. Homer surpasses modern poets in sublimity. Pope surpasses most other poets in smoothness of versification. Achilles surpassed the other Greeks in strength and courage. Clodius surpassed all men in the profligacy of his life. Perhaps no man ever surpassed Washington in genuine patriotism and integrity of life.

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