Hypertext Webster Gateway: "excel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Excel \Ex*cel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Excelling}.] [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found
in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See {Culminate},
{Column}.]
1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable
deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.
Excelling others, these were great; Thou, greater
still, must these excel. --Prior.
I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light
excelleth darkness. --Eccl. ii.
13.
2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.
She opened; but to shut Excelled her power; the
gates wide open stood. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Excel \Ex*cel"\, v. i.
To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or
acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to
excel in mathematics, or classics.
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. --Gen. xlix.
4.
Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
excel
v : distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" [syn: {stand out},
{surpass}]
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