3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exceeded}; p. pr & vb
n. {Exceeding}.] [L. excedere excessum to go away or
beyond; ex out + cedere to go to pass: cf F. exc['e]der.
See {Cede}.]
To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit
or measure of to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good
and a bad sense as one man exceeds another in bulk,
stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds
another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours
Name the time, but let it not Exceed three days.
--Shak.
Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. --Pope.
Syn: To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie;
overtop.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. i.
1. To go too far to pass the proper bounds or measure. ``In
our reverence to whom we can not possibly exceed.''
--Jer. Taylor.
Forty stripes he may give him and not exceed.
--Deut. xxv.
3.
2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
exceed
v 1: go beyond; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"
[syn: {transcend}, {surpass}]
2: go beyond; "She exceeded out expectations" [syn: {transcend},
{overstep}, {pass}, {go past}, {top}]
3: be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance
surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes
all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"
[syn: {surpass}, {outstrip}, {outmatch}, {outgo}, {outdo},
{surmount}]
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