Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To excel; to surmount.
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- verb obsolete To
excel ; tosurmount .
Etymologies
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Latin exuperatus, exsuperatus, past participle of exuperare, exsuperare to excel; ex out + superare to go over, super above, over.
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'abound' may be altered into _exuperate_, 'too great plenty' into
The evolution of English lexicography James Augustus Henry Murray 1876
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