Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To excel; surpass.
  • To excel others; display unusual superiority.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb obsolete To surpass; to excel; to exceed.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To surpass; to excel; to exceed.

Etymologies

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See precellence.

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