Hypertext Webster Gateway: "excelled"

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.

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