'Excel' definitions:

Definition of 'excel'

(from WordNet)
verb
Distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" [syn: excel, stand out, surpass]

Definition of 'Excel'

From: GCIDE
  • Excel \Ex*cel"\, v. i. To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics. [1913 Webster]
  • Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. --Gen. xlix. 4. [1913 Webster]
  • Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Excel'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Excelling others, these were great; Thou, greater still, must these excel. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. --Eccl. ii. 13. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass. [1913 Webster]
  • She opened; but to shut Excelled her power; the gates wide open stood. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'excel'

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Excel, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Excel, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
Population (2000) :
582
Housing Units (2000) :
253
Land area (2000) :
1.649436 sq. miles (4.272020 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.649436 sq. miles (4.272020 sq. km)
FIPS code :
24880
Located within :
Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location :
31.427308 N, 87.340587 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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