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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. i.
1. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure. "In
our reverence to whom, we can not possibly exceed." --Jer.
Taylor.
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Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
--Deut. xxv.
3.
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2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
exceed
v 1: go beyond; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"
[syn: transcend, surpass]
2: go beyond; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her
performance of last year" [syn: transcend, overstep, pass,
go past, top]
3: be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance
surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes
all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations";
"This car outperforms all others in its class" [syn: surpass,
outstrip, outmatch, outgo, outdo, surmount, outperform]
WordNet (r) 2.0
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "exceed":
beat, best, better, bulk, bulk large, cap, dare, eclipse,
exaggerate, excel, go beyond, go one better, improve on, loom,
loom large, outdistance, outdo, outpace, outrank, outreach, outrun,
outshine, outsoar, outstep, outstrip, outweigh, overbalance,
overbear, overcome, overdo, overextend, overgo, overjump, overleap,
overpass, overreach, overrun, overshadow, overshoot,
overshoot the field, overshoot the mark, overstep, overstride,
overtake, overtop, overwhelm, pass, perfect, predominate,
preponderate, presume, prevail, rear, rise above, soar, stand out,
superabound, surpass, top, tower, tower above, tower over,
transcend, trump, venture
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Exceed
A tool to display remote X Window System
applications on Microsoft Windows. Exceed is not an X
server.
(2001-04-29)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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