Surpassing \Sur*pass"ing\, a.
   Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory
   crowned." --Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. --
   Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.
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	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 perform (an
   activity) better than; to exceed; to excel.
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         This would surpass
         Common revenge and interrupt his joy.    --Milton.
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   Syn: To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.
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	surpassing
     adj 1: exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in
            excellence [syn: transcendent]
     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]

	

	108 Moby Thesaurus words for "surpassing":
   a cut above, above, absolute, ahead, arrant, ascendant, best,
   better, capping, champion, choice, chosen, classical, complete,
   consummate, crass, decided, definitive, distinguished, downright,
   eclipsing, egregious, elect, elite, eminent, enormous, exceeding,
   excellent, excelling, excessive, extraordinary, finer, flagrant,
   for the best, glaring, great, greater, greatest, gross, handpicked,
   higher, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, incomparable, intolerable,
   major, marked, matchless, of choice, one up on, optimal, optimum,
   out-and-out, outright, outstanding, over, paramount, peerless,
   perfect, picked, positive, precious, preeminent, prime, prize,
   profound, pronounced, proper, quintessential, rank, rare, regular,
   rivaling, select, shattering, shocking, stark, stark-staring,
   super, superior, superlative, supreme, the veriest, thorough,
   thoroughgoing, topping, total, towering, transcendent,
   transcendental, transcending, ultimate, unbearable, unconscionable,
   undeniable, unequivocal, unmatchable, unmatched, unmitigated,
   unparalleled, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, unsurpassable,
   unsurpassed, upper, utter, very best

	

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