sur·mount 
(sər-mount)
(sər-mount)tr.v. sur·mount·ed, sur·mount·ing, sur·mounts
1. To overcome (an obstacle, for example); triumph over.
2. To ascend to the top of; climb: surmount a hill.
3.
a. To place something above; top: The lintel was surmounted with a frieze.
b. To be above or on top of: The church steeple surmounts the square.
4. Obsolete To surpass or exceed in amount.
[Middle English surmonten, from Old French surmonter : sur-, sur- + monter, to mount; see MOUNT1.]
sur·mounta·ble adj.
sur·mounter n.