exceeding

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}]
    

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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