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Definition of Surpasses
1. surpass [v] - See also: surpass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surpasses
| surmullets surname surnamed surnameless surnamer surnamers surnames surnaming surnay surnominal | surplice surpliced surplices surplus surplus value surplusage surplusages surplused surpluses surplusing | surplussed |
Literary usage of Surpasses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1908)
"... from this bridge far surpasses that from Richmond Hill.—All that I have yet
seen of Huntingdon I like exceedingly. It is one of those pretty, clean, ..."
2. The History of America by William Robertson (1821)
"... of the plains are so wonderfully beautiful, that this country excels all others
as. far as the day surpasses the night, in brightness and splendour, ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1835 No state surpasses [Mississippi] in the beauty, variety, and 'The South-West,'
ii. 101. 1838 A large square, which is covered with green grass, ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"This famous waterway surpasses the Columbia in importance to Canadians, as well
as in the sinuosity and fury of its course. ..."
5. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"We find that among various semi-civilised and civilised peoples the criminal law
has assumed a severity which far surpasses the rigour of the lex talionis. ..."
6. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"We find that among various semi-civilised and civilised peoples the criminal law
has assumed a severity which far surpasses the rigour of the lex talionis. ..."
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