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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SURP`ASSING, ppr. Exceeding; going beyond.
1. a. Excellent in an eminent degree; exceeding others.
O thou, that with surpassing glory crown'd--

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence [syn: transcendent, surpassing]
2: 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: exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1566 greatly exceeding others ; of a very high degree • surpassingly adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Surpass Sur*pass", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surpassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Surpassing.] [F. surpasser; sur over + passer to pass. See Sur-, and Pass.] To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel. This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his joy. --Milton. Syn: To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Surpassing Sur*pass"ing, a. Eminently excellent; exceeding others. ``With surpassing glory crowned.'' --Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Excellent, supreme, incomparable, transcendent, pre-eminent, peerless, superlative.

Moby Thesaurus

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