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1 definition found 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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