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English Dictionary: exceeding	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exceeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exceeding}.] [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or beyond; ex out + cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. exc[82]der. See {Cede}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exceeding \Exceed"ing\, a. More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless. [bd]The exceeding* riches of his grace.[b8] --Eph. ii. 7. -- {Exceed"ingness}, n. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exceeding \Exceed"ing\, adv. In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly. [Archaic. It is not joined to verbs.] [bd]The voice exceeding* loud.[b8] --Keble. His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow. --Mark ix. 3. The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea. --Sir W. Raleigh.