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Surmount

//sɚˈmaʊnt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome. transitive

    "this difficulty may perhaps be surmounted by care and art"

  2. 2
    be or do something to a greater degree wordnet
  3. 3
    To cap; to sit on top of. transitive

    "The boiler had a large dome over the firebox, inside the cab, surmounted by Ramsbottom safety valves."

  4. 4
    get on top of; deal with successfully wordnet
  5. 5
    reach the highest point of wordnet
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  1. 6
    be on top of wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”), equivalent to sur- + mount.

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