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sur⋅mount
[ser-mount]
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill. |
| 2. | to get over or across (barriers, obstacles, etc.). |
| 3. | to prevail over: to surmount tremendous difficulties. |
| 4. | to be on top of or above: a statue surmounting a pillar. |
| 5. | to furnish with something placed on top or above: to surmount a tower with a spire. |
| 6. | Obsolete.
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Surmount
Sur*mount"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surmounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Surmounting.] [OE. sourmounten, OF. surmonter, sormonter, F. surmonter; sur over + monter to mount. See Sur-, and Mount, v. i.]1. To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop. The mountains of Olympus, Athos, and Atlas, overreach and surmount all winds and clouds. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles. --Macaulay. 3. To surpass; to exceed. --Spenser. What surmounts the reach Of human sense I shall delineate. --Milton. Syn: To conquer; overcome; vanquish; subdue; surpass; exceed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : surmount
Spanish:
superar,
German:
überwinden,
Japanese:
打ち勝つ
surmount
c.1369, "to rise above, go beyond," from O.Fr. surmounter "rise above," from sur- "beyond" + monter "to go up" (see mount (v.)). Meaning "to prevail over, overcome" is recorded from 1390.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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