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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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