intransitive. To excel, be superior; to have greater authority, be dominant. Obsolete.

intransitive. To be superior or pre-eminent; to excel.

transitive. To rise above; to surpass greatly; to excel more or to a higher degree than. Also intransitive: to excel highly or greatly.

absol. or intransitive. (from 1a). To be superior, to excel. Obsolete.

intransitive. To be superior or preëminent in the possession of some quality, or in the performance of some action, usually in a good sense; to…

intransitive. To be transcendent; to excel. archaic.

intransitive. To excel in power or importance; to be prepollent, to preponderate.

intransitive. Used as a nonsense word: (most frequently) to emit a strange noise.

to go one better: to (narrowly) outdo someone or surpass a previous effort or achievement.