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Ex·ceed v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exceeding.] To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.
Name the time, but let it not
Exceed three days. --Shak.
Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. --Pope.
Syn: -- To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie; overtop.
Ex·ceed·ing, a. More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless. “The exceeding riches of his grace.” --Eph. ii. 7. -- Ex*ceed*ing*ness, n. [Obs.]
Ex·ceed·ing, adv. In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly. [Archaic. It is not joined to verbs.] “The voice exceeding loud.”
His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow. --Mark ix. 3.
The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea. --Sir W. Raleigh.
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exceeding
adj : far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of
exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian
efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young
Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceptional, olympian,
prodigious, surpassing]