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Surpassing

adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Becoming superior to others; becoming excellent; exceptional; exceeding.

    ""Yet once again," exclaimed he, passionately, "let me gaze on that beautiful and beloved face! let me see if sorrow has cast a shadow on its surpassing loveliness! I will not let her know how near I am, and how wretched! No, in secret and in silence will I look upon her once more; and then, farewell for ever!""

Adjective
  1. 1
    far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree wordnet
  2. 2
    exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process by which something is surpassed; a bettering.

    "In both of these surpassings, the human being, in being freed, is freed both to be itself and to be beyond itself; but the second orients us more fully towards being free beyond self-determination."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of surpass form-of, gerund, participle, present

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