Surpassing: alternatives and connections

Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.

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Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.

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More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.

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More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.

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The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit.

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The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit.

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

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

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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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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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The quality or state of being transcendent; superior excellence; supereminence.

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The quality or state of being transcendent; superior excellence; supereminence.

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of Exceed

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Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior.

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Alt. of Olympic

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Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous.

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Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent valor.

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