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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
exceed .
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Verily, he hath obeyed handsomely, but he exceedeth in his praise of the woman.”
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The popular saying is, “The entertainment of a guest is three days; the viaticum (jáizah) is a day and a night, and whatso exceedeth this is alms.”
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Yea, this is no saying of mine, but a word of wisdom, "Naught in might exceedeth dread necessity."
Helen 2008
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Yea, this is no saying of mine, but a word of wisdom, "Naught in might exceedeth dread necessity."
Helen 2008
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He who exceedeth in contention sinneth, and he who against upright standeth not on ward, is not safe from the sword.
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Were it not that distress with me exceedeth the bounds of restraint, that which thy servant hath forced herself to do in writing this writ were an aidance to her, despite her despair of thee, because of her knowledge of thee that thou wilt fail to answer.
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As you are undoubtedly aware, Sen. Obama's warchest exceedeth that of Sen. Clinton.
Controlling the Myth Steven Barnes 2008
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And contrarily, when the evil exceedeth the good, the whole is apparent or seeming evil: so that he who hath by experience, or reason, the greatest and surest prospect of consequences, deliberates best himself; and is able, when he will, to give the best counsel unto others.
Leviathan 2007
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The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live.
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“Nay but, rogue,” said the Black Knight, “this exceedeth thy license — Beware ye tamper not with my patience.”
Ivanhoe 2004
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