excel

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excel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              Excelling others, these were great;
              Thou, greater still, must these excel. --Prior.
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              I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light
              excelleth darkness.                   --Eccl. ii.
                                                    13.
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     2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.
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              She opened; but to shut
              Excelled her power; the gates wide open stood.
                                                    --Milton.
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  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.
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           Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. --Gen. xlix.
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           Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. --Pope.
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excel - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  excel
      v 1: distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" [syn: excel,
           stand out, surpass]

excel - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Microsoft Excel
  Excel
  
     <tool> A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their
     Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows
      and Macintosh.  Excel is probably the most widely
     used spreadsheet in the world.
  
     Current version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14.
  
     (http://microsoft.com/msexcel/).
  
     [Feature summary?  History?]
  
     (1997-01-14)
  

excel - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Excel, AL (town, FIPS 24880)
    Location: 31.42617 N, 87.34242 W
    Population (1990): 571 (220 housing units)
    Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

excel - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "excel":
     be born for, be master of, beat, best, better, cap, dominate,
     eclipse, exceed, go beyond, go one better, improve on, outdo,
     outpace, outrank, outshine, outstrip, outweigh, overbalance,
     overbear, overcome, overpass, overshadow, overtop, perfect,
     predominate, preponderate, prevail, shine, shine in, surpass, top,
     tower above, tower over, transcend, trump