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surˈmounted, ppl. a.
[f. surmount v. + -ed1.]
1. Arch. Applied to an arch or vault whose rise is greater than half the span: opp. to surbased.
1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Vault, All above Hemispheres are call'd..surmounted Vaults. 1825[see surbased a.]. 1836Parker Gloss. Archit. (1850) 40 Surmounted arches.
2. Overcome, vanquished.
1824J. H. Wiffen Tasso ix. xxviii, Honour..itself is base, Which no surmounted toils of jeopardy aggrace! |