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exceeding |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exceeding \Ex*ceed"ing\, adv In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly. [Archaic. It is not joined to verbs.] ``The voice exceeding loud.'' --Keble. His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow. --Mark ix 3. The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea. --Sir W. Raleigh. 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]: Exceeding \Ex*ceed"ing\, a. More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless. ``The exceeding riches of his grace.'' --Eph. ii 7. -- {Ex*ceed"ing*ness}, n. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exceeding adj : far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: {exceptional}, {olympian}, {prodigious}, {surpassing}]
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