exceeding

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exceeding - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exceeded; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Exceeding.] [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or
     beyond; ex out + cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. exc['e]der.
     See Cede.]
     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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           Name the time, but let it not
           Exceed three days.                       --Shak.
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           Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. --Pope.
  
     Syn: To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie;
          overtop.
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  Exceeding \Ex*ceed"ing\, a.
     More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient;
     measureless. "The exceeding riches of his grace." --Eph. ii.
     7. -- Ex*ceed"ing*ness, n. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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  Exceeding \Ex*ceed"ing\, adv.
     In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly. [Archaic. It
     is not joined to verbs.] "The voice exceeding loud." --Keble.
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           His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow.
                                                    --Mark ix. 3.
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           The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea. --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
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exceeding - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  exceeding
      adj 1: 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]