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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.
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