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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excel \Ex*cel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excelled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Excelling}.] [L. excellere excelsum ex out + a root found
in culmen height, top cf F. exceller. See {Culminate},
{Column}.]
1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable
deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense
Excelling others these were great; Thou, greater
still must these excel. --Prior.
I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light
excelleth darkness. --Eccl. ii
13.
2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.
She opened; but to shut Excelled her power; the
gates wide open stood. --Milton.
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