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Definition of Surpassing
1. Adjective. Exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence.
Similar to: Superior
Derivative terms: Transcend, Transcend, Transcendence, Transcendency
2. Adjective. Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree. "The young Mozart's prodigious talents"
Similar to: Extraordinary
Derivative terms: Exception
Definition of Surpassing
1. a. Eminently excellent; exceeding others.
Definition of Surpassing
1. Verb. (present participle of surpass) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Surpassing
1. surpass [v] - See also: surpass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surpassing
| surnamed surnameless surnamer surnamers surnames surnaming surnay surnominal surplice surpliced | surplices surplus surplus value surplusage surplusages surplused surpluses surplusing surplussed surplusses | surplussing |
Literary usage of Surpassing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
""Death is not in thy thoughts, most wretched man, 240 Yet is it near thee : the
immortal arms Of that surpassing chieftain, ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... for she was of such surpassing beauty that all the gods contended for her love."
L Formosa divis imperat puella: "the beautiful maid commands the gods. ..."
3. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... for she was of such surpassing beauty that all the gods contended for her love.
... surpassing ..."
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