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Exceed

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.

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Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Correspond 76% connected

To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each othe…

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Defeat 76% connected

To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

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Excel 76% connected

To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.

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Fit 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Gibe 76% connected

To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

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Jibe 76% connected

To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.

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Match 76% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Overcome 76% connected

of Overcome

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Surpass 76% connected

To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.

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Tally 76% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

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Manner of action 25

Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Better 76% connected

Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Circumvent 76% connected

To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.

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Crush 76% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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Out-Herod 76% connected

To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular.

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Outbrave 76% connected

To excel in bravery o/ in insolence; to defy with superior courage or audacity

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Outcry 76% connected

A vehement or loud cry; a cry of distress, alarm, opposition, or detestation; clamor.

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Outdraw 76% connected

To draw out; to extract.

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Outgrow 76% connected

To surpass in growing; to grow more than.

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Outmarch 76% connected

To surpass in marching; to march faster than, or so as to leave behind.

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Outpace 76% connected

To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind.

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Outroar 76% connected

To exceed in roaring.

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Outsail 76% connected

To excel, or to leave behind, in sailing; to sail faster than.

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Outsell 76% connected

To exceed in amount of sales; to sell more than.

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Outshine 76% connected

To shine forth.

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Outwear 76% connected

To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing.

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Outweigh 76% connected

To exceed in weight or value.

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Outwit 76% connected

To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft.

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Overgrow 76% connected

To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank.

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Overreach 76% connected

To reach above or beyond in any direction.

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Shame 76% connected

A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of t…

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Shell 76% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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Trounce 76% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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Vanquish 76% connected

To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

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Derivationally related 2

Excessive 74% connected

Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.

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Excessive 74% connected

Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.

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Synonym 9

Outdo 92% connected

To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass.

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Outgo 92% connected

To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.

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Outstrip 92% connected

To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing.

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Overstep 92% connected

To step over or beyond; to transgress.

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Pass 92% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Surmount 92% connected

To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.

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Surpass 92% connected

To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.

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Top 92% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Transcend 92% connected

To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds.

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