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▪ I. surˈpassing, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb surpass.
1736Ainsworth, A surpassing, præstantia, eminentia, præcellentia. a1774Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 139 The frequency of them transfers satisfaction from the advantage gained by surpassing to the surpassing itself.
▪ II. surˈpassing, ppl. a. (adv.)
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That surpasses what is ordinary; greatly exceeding or excelling others; of very high degree.
c1580J. Jeffere Bugbears iv. ii. 24 A surpassinge longing on the sodayne is bred. 1582T. Watson Centurie of Love xxix. (Arb.) 65 The Authour in this Sonnet..setteth forth the surpassinge worthines of his Ladie. c1595Capt. Wyatt R. Dudley's Voy. W. Ind. (Hakl. Soc.) 14 Such a laborynth of surpassing troubles. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 203 An Emperour surpassing in all..Christian piety. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 32 O thou..with surpassing Glory crownd. 1815Shelley Alastor 288 Wasting these surpassing powers In the deaf air, to the blind earth. a1859Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxiii. V. 112 The surpassing beauty of his horses, and the multitude of his running footmen. 1884Manch. Exam. 14 May 5/1 To the transcendent meanness and surpassing untruthfulness which lie at the basis of such an insinuation.
b. adv. = next. (Cf. passing adv.) Obs. exc. poet.
1598Marston Pygmal. 136 Ends not my Poem then surpassing ill? 1653Urquhart Rabelais ii. ix. 59 A young man..surpassing handsome in all the lineaments of his body. 1808Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) I. 266 A large and surpassing ugly town. 1839–52Bailey Festus 381 Surely sin Must be surpassing lovely when for her Men forfeit God's reward. |