exceedv.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈsiːd/,

/ɛkˈsiːd/, U.S.

/ɪkˈsid/,

/ɛkˈsid/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s excede, 1500s exceade, exced, 1500s–1600s exceede.

Etymology: Middle English exceden, < French excēder, < Latin excēdĕre to go out, exceed, etc., < ex- out + cēdĕre to go. The transitive use, somewhat rare in Latin, is the only one preserved in the Romanic languages. In English the intransitive senses appear to be developed from the transitive.

a. transitive. To pass out of (boundaries, etc.); to transcend the limits of; to proceed beyond (a specified point). Also, rarely, to project beyond. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > move beyond

passc1300

exceedc1374

passc1400

overshootc1450

outpassa1513

surpass1588

outstart1593

outrepass1645

overrun1703

ungang1768

outrange1871

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > go beyond (bounds)

transcenda1340

exceedc1374

overwenda1375

overpassa1382

passc1390

to pass beyond ——1429

outreacha1568

overlash1581

pretergress1583

outrun1589

overslipa1592

surpass1592

to step over ——1599

outstep?1611

outstrip1612

overrun1612

outpass1635

pose1636

over-burst1856

overact1858

overstride1925

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. v. 169 Wit and ymaginacioun ne mowen nat strecchen..hem self to knowynge of vniuersalite for þat þe knowyng of hem ne may exceden..þe bodyly figure.

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) iv. xxiii. 69 That fyre..excedeth nought thyne owne subtyle persone ne in dedely bodyes this fyre hath no power.

1662 T. Stanley Hist. Chaldaick Philos. i. 1 But the Philosophy of the Chaldæans exceeded the Bounds of their Country, and diffused it self into Persia.

1700 in Pennsylvania Arch. (1852) I. 135 I am to Complain of one Capt. Barford, who has exceeded all bounds.

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 155 Uncover the Clod, and trim the straggling Roots that exceed it.

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 207 Bury them..so that they may a little exceed the Surface of the Wall on both Sides.

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. p. xii The Egyptian accounts exceed not only the times of the Deluge, but the æra of the world.

1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 370 I..shall pursue the course of the Rhine as far as the roads will permit me, not exceeding Strasburg.

1862 G. C. Lewis Astron. Anc. 111 (note) Cleomedes lays it down that the planets never exceed the zodiac.

†b. To transgress (a law). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > break the law [verb (transitive)]

breakOE

exceed1393

violate?a1475

trespass1484

infringe1533

contravene1567

outrage1655

transgress1660

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 284 Lust of love excedeth lawe.

1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 360 Laws respecting their increase..which cannot be exceeded.

c. To go beyond, do more than is warranted by (a privilege, right, commission, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > go beyond (bounds) > go beyond what is warranted by (a right, etc.)

exceed1542

1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Causes Warre Scottis 195 Liberty was gyuen to the ambassadours to excede their commission.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. viii. 4 Do not exceede The Prescript of this Scroule.

1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 595 The defendant by uttering the words complained of exceeded his privilege as an advocate.

1891 Law Rep.: Weekly Notes 72/2 The arbitrators had exceeded their jurisdiction in awarding that the applicant should pay the costs.

a. To be greater than. Const. by.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > be great in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > be greater than in quantity, amount, or degree

surmountc1374

passa1387

exceedc1400

to come over ——a1479

surpassa1555

outstrip1579

top1582

outnumber1598

over-reckona1635

turn1716

overgang1737

overspring1801

rise1838

overvault1851

override1867

better1873

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §23. 32 Rikne how manye degrees þat the firste altitude of A excedith his seconde altitude.

c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1714) 47 He may esteme what sume thay [charges] be not like to excede.

1637 Decree Starre-Chamber conc. Printing xxvii. sig. H Prouided, that they exceede not the number of foure.

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. i. 22 The Cares and Disappointments of Ambition for the most Part far exceed the Satisfactions of it.

1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 41 The Merlin is the smallest of all the Hawk Kind, scarcely exceeding the size of a Blackbird.

1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 14 If you divide pleasure and love and thought, Each part exceeds the whole.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 420 Boys and girls..created wealth exceeding what was necessary for their own subsistence by twelve thousand pounds a year.

b. To be too great for; to surpass, overtask.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [verb (transitive)] > put the limbs or faculties to abnormal exertion > excessively

overtravaila1382

overstrain1578

exceed1596

overtask1628

excel1667

overtax1692

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iii. sig. Bb8^v Such chaunces oft exceed all humaine thought.

1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 12 Such inward griefe..as it exceeded all consolation.

1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 36 To be grave, exceeds all Pow'r of Face.

1765 Bp. E. Law Consid. State World (ed. 5) i. 11 (note) Perhaps it exceeds the power of human understanding to decide where mechanism ends.

3. To surpass, outdo; to be superior to. Now chiefly const. in; formerly for, of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)]

overstyeOE

overshinec1175

overgoc1225

passc1225

surmountc1369

forpassc1374

overmatcha1375

overpassa1382

to pass overa1393

overcomec1400

outpass?a1425

exceedc1425

precedec1425

superexcelc1429

transcendc1430

precel?a1439

outcut1447

overgrowc1475

to come over ——a1479

excel1493

overleapa1500

vanquish1533

outweigh1534

prevent1540

better1548

preferc1550

outgo1553

surpassa1555

exsuperate1559

cote1566

overtop1567

outrun1575

outstrip1579

outsail1580

overruna1586

pre-excel1587

outbid1589

outbrave1589

out-cote1589

top1590

outmatch1593

outvie1594

superate1595

surbravec1600

oversile1608

over-height1611

overstride1614

outdoa1616

outlustrea1616

outpeera1616

outstrikea1616

outrival1622

antecede1624

out-top1624

antecell1625

out-pitch1627

over-merit1629

outblazea1634

surmatch1636

overdoa1640

overact1643

outact1644

worst1646

overspana1657

outsoar1674

outdazzle1691

to cut down1713

ding1724

to cut out1738

cap1821

by-pass1848

overtower1850

pretergress1851

outray1876

outreach1879

cut1884

outperform1937

outrate1955

one-up1963

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. ix. 779 A Dochter..Ðat excedyt of Bewte All þe Ladys of þat Cuntre.

a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1175 O knycht..Whois manhed can al otheris to exced.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Eiij^v They exceade all other men in bignesse of bodie.

1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. ix. 60 This latter engine does so far exceed all other contrivances to this purpose.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 20 In that Psalm..the Prophet David seems even to exceed himself.

1738 A. Pope Wks. II. ii. 164 She..Observes how much a Chintz exceeds Mohair.

1826 T. Hood Stag-eyed Lady i, in Whims & Oddities 81 There was one [act] in pity might exceed The Sack of Troy?

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lviii. 84 Some poor girl whose heart is set On one whose rank exceeds her own.

†4.

a. intransitive. To pass the bounds of propriety; to go too far; to break out. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > act immoderately or without restraint [verb (intransitive)]

overdoa1325

outragea1387

surfeitc1400

outraya1450

exceed1488

lasha1560

overlash1579

overlaunch1579

wanton1631

extravagate1829

wallow1876

to hit the high spots1891

to go overboard1931

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > be excessive [verb (intransitive)]

overdoa1325

exceed1488

to pass, be above or beyond, God's forbodec1540

overreacha1568

overlaunch1579

overact1611

overboil1611

to overstep the mark (also line)1827

to cut it too fat1836

to break bounds1856

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 293 Thow excedis to that knycht, Fer mayr be treuth than it is ony rycht.

1526 W. Bonde Rosary sig. Cii The tyrandes began more outragiously to excede in all furye and wodenesse.

1611 Bible (King James) Job xxxvi. 9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded .

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 45 His Subjects will exceed..in some vitious Liberty, to abate their griefe.

1758 S. Hayward Seventeen Serm. xvii. 543 You cannot possibly exceed in your love to him.

b. To pass the limits of truth; to exaggerate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (intransitive)]

overreacha1568

outlash1611

overlavish1625

exasperate1632

out-throwa1680

exceed1717

1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 21 May in Wks. (1955) VII. 275 Said to contain about 4000 souls. They seem to exceed in the numbers of this town.

1815 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. iii. 71 I believe I exceed when I say there were 200 persons assembled.

a. To be preëminent, whether in a good or bad sense; to bear the palm; to be greater or better than, surpass others; to preponderate. †to exceed above: = sense 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [verb (intransitive)]

shinec900

to bear, fang, have the flower (of)c1310

exceed1482

pre-excel1587

excel16..

to take the (or a) lead1745

1482 Monk of Evesham 56 Aboue alle thyng that may be conceyued of any mannys mynde, hyt excedeth of cruelnes and dedly tormenting.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xi. iv Phebus above all sterres in lyght..Dothe exceede.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. C2^v The guilt beeing great, the feare doth still exceede .

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iv. 16 Mar. I saw the Dutchesse of Millaines gowne... Hero O that exceedes they say.

1650 E. Ashmole tr. A. Dee Fasciculus Chemicus ii. 21 One of the contraries exceeding destroies the rest.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xi. 48 An Emulation of who shall exceed in benefiting.

1677 J. Dryden State Innocence v. i. 40 Justice must punish the rebellious deed: Yet punish so, as pity shall exceed.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 76 Men always choose the life which exceeds in pleasure.

b. To abound, teem with.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > make abundant [verb (transitive)] > abound in or with > swarm with

wallc1000

to swarm in1482

wamble1485

scrawl1530

to swarm with1548

exceed1624

pullulate1641

sny1674

teem1710

spawn1818

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia ii. 23 The river exceedeth with abundance of fish.

a. Chiefly in Cambridge use: To have more than usual at a meal; to have extra or holiday fare. Cf. exceeding n. 2a. Also of the ‘commons’ (food): To be in extra quantity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > eat more than usual or overeat

exceeda1592

to pig out1978

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. F2^v This day shal be a festiual day with me, For I shall exceed in the highest degree.

1626 J. Mede Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 231 Dr. Pask made his colledge exceed that night.

a1627 W. Rowley & T. Middleton Wit at Severall Weapons i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kkkkkk/2 Sir, these fellowes may pray for you, you have made the Schollars commons exceed to day.

b. To take too much food or drink.

ΚΠ

1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xi This stuff of yours is sweet and nice, and I suppose she exceeded.

7. To issue, proceed. Obsolete. rare¹.

ΚΠ

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 314 All the hinderance and let [to breeding], is found to exceede of cold.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	exceed
释义	exceedv. Brit. /ᵻkˈsiːd/, /ɛkˈsiːd/, U.S. /ɪkˈsid/, /ɛkˈsid/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s excede, 1500s exceade, exced, 1500s–1600s exceede. Etymology: Middle English exceden, < French excēder, < Latin excēdĕre to go out, exceed, etc., < ex- out + cēdĕre to go. The transitive use, somewhat rare in Latin, is the only one preserved in the Romanic languages. In English the intransitive senses appear to be developed from the transitive. 1. a. transitive. To pass out of (boundaries, etc.); to transcend the limits of; to proceed beyond (a specified point). Also, rarely, to project beyond. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > move beyond passc1300 exceedc1374 passc1400 overshootc1450 outpassa1513 surpass1588 outstart1593 outrepass1645 overrun1703 ungang1768 outrange1871 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > go beyond (bounds) transcenda1340 exceedc1374 overwenda1375 overpassa1382 passc1390 to pass beyond ——1429 outreacha1568 overlash1581 pretergress1583 outrun1589 overslipa1592 surpass1592 to step over ——1599 outstep?1611 outstrip1612 overrun1612 outpass1635 pose1636 over-burst1856 overact1858 overstride1925 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. v. 169 Wit and ymaginacioun ne mowen nat strecchen..hem self to knowynge of vniuersalite for þat þe knowyng of hem ne may exceden..þe bodyly figure. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) iv. xxiii. 69 That fyre..excedeth nought thyne owne subtyle persone ne in dedely bodyes this fyre hath no power. 1662 T. Stanley Hist. Chaldaick Philos. i. 1 But the Philosophy of the Chaldæans exceeded the Bounds of their Country, and diffused it self into Persia. 1700 in Pennsylvania Arch. (1852) I. 135 I am to Complain of one Capt. Barford, who has exceeded all bounds. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 155 Uncover the Clod, and trim the straggling Roots that exceed it. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 207 Bury them..so that they may a little exceed the Surface of the Wall on both Sides. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. p. xii The Egyptian accounts exceed not only the times of the Deluge, but the æra of the world. 1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 370 I..shall pursue the course of the Rhine as far as the roads will permit me, not exceeding Strasburg. 1862 G. C. Lewis Astron. Anc. 111 (note) Cleomedes lays it down that the planets never exceed the zodiac. †b. To transgress (a law). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > break the law [verb (transitive)] breakOE exceed1393 violate?a1475 trespass1484 infringe1533 contravene1567 outrage1655 transgress1660 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 284 Lust of love excedeth lawe. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 360 Laws respecting their increase..which cannot be exceeded. c. To go beyond, do more than is warranted by (a privilege, right, commission, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > go beyond (bounds) > go beyond what is warranted by (a right, etc.) exceed1542 1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Causes Warre Scottis 195 Liberty was gyuen to the ambassadours to excede their commission. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. viii. 4 Do not exceede The Prescript of this Scroule. View more context for this quotation 1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 595 The defendant by uttering the words complained of exceeded his privilege as an advocate. 1891 Law Rep.: Weekly Notes 72/2 The arbitrators had exceeded their jurisdiction in awarding that the applicant should pay the costs. 2. a. To be greater than. Const. by. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > be great in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > be greater than in quantity, amount, or degree surmountc1374 passa1387 exceedc1400 to come over ——a1479 surpassa1555 outstrip1579 top1582 outnumber1598 over-reckona1635 turn1716 overgang1737 overspring1801 rise1838 overvault1851 override1867 better1873 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §23. 32 Rikne how manye degrees þat the firste altitude of A excedith his seconde altitude. c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1714) 47 He may esteme what sume thay [charges] be not like to excede. 1637 Decree Starre-Chamber conc. Printing xxvii. sig. H Prouided, that they exceede not the number of foure. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. i. 22 The Cares and Disappointments of Ambition for the most Part far exceed the Satisfactions of it. 1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 41 The Merlin is the smallest of all the Hawk Kind, scarcely exceeding the size of a Blackbird. 1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 14 If you divide pleasure and love and thought, Each part exceeds the whole. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 420 Boys and girls..created wealth exceeding what was necessary for their own subsistence by twelve thousand pounds a year. b. To be too great for; to surpass, overtask. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [verb (transitive)] > put the limbs or faculties to abnormal exertion > excessively overtravaila1382 overstrain1578 exceed1596 overtask1628 excel1667 overtax1692 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iii. sig. Bb8^v Such chaunces oft exceed all humaine thought. View more context for this quotation 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 12 Such inward griefe..as it exceeded all consolation. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 36 To be grave, exceeds all Pow'r of Face. 1765 Bp. E. Law Consid. State World (ed. 5) i. 11 (note) Perhaps it exceeds the power of human understanding to decide where mechanism ends. 3. To surpass, outdo; to be superior to. Now chiefly const. in; formerly for, of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] overstyeOE overshinec1175 overgoc1225 passc1225 surmountc1369 forpassc1374 overmatcha1375 overpassa1382 to pass overa1393 overcomec1400 outpass?a1425 exceedc1425 precedec1425 superexcelc1429 transcendc1430 precel?a1439 outcut1447 overgrowc1475 to come over ——a1479 excel1493 overleapa1500 vanquish1533 outweigh1534 prevent1540 better1548 preferc1550 outgo1553 surpassa1555 exsuperate1559 cote1566 overtop1567 outrun1575 outstrip1579 outsail1580 overruna1586 pre-excel1587 outbid1589 outbrave1589 out-cote1589 top1590 outmatch1593 outvie1594 superate1595 surbravec1600 oversile1608 over-height1611 overstride1614 outdoa1616 outlustrea1616 outpeera1616 outstrikea1616 outrival1622 antecede1624 out-top1624 antecell1625 out-pitch1627 over-merit1629 outblazea1634 surmatch1636 overdoa1640 overact1643 outact1644 worst1646 overspana1657 outsoar1674 outdazzle1691 to cut down1713 ding1724 to cut out1738 cap1821 by-pass1848 overtower1850 pretergress1851 outray1876 outreach1879 cut1884 outperform1937 outrate1955 one-up1963 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. ix. 779 A Dochter..Ðat excedyt of Bewte All þe Ladys of þat Cuntre. a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1175 O knycht..Whois manhed can al otheris to exced. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Eiij^v They exceade all other men in bignesse of bodie. 1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. ix. 60 This latter engine does so far exceed all other contrivances to this purpose. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 20 In that Psalm..the Prophet David seems even to exceed himself. View more context for this quotation 1738 A. Pope Wks. II. ii. 164 She..Observes how much a Chintz exceeds Mohair. 1826 T. Hood Stag-eyed Lady i, in Whims & Oddities 81 There was one [act] in pity might exceed The Sack of Troy? 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lviii. 84 Some poor girl whose heart is set On one whose rank exceeds her own. View more context for this quotation †4. a. intransitive. To pass the bounds of propriety; to go too far; to break out. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > act immoderately or without restraint [verb (intransitive)] overdoa1325 outragea1387 surfeitc1400 outraya1450 exceed1488 lasha1560 overlash1579 overlaunch1579 wanton1631 extravagate1829 wallow1876 to hit the high spots1891 to go overboard1931 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > be excessive [verb (intransitive)] overdoa1325 exceed1488 to pass, be above or beyond, God's forbodec1540 overreacha1568 overlaunch1579 overact1611 overboil1611 to overstep the mark (also line)1827 to cut it too fat1836 to break bounds1856 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 293 Thow excedis to that knycht, Fer mayr be treuth than it is ony rycht. 1526 W. Bonde Rosary sig. Cii The tyrandes began more outragiously to excede in all furye and wodenesse. 1611 Bible (King James) Job xxxvi. 9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded . View more context for this quotation 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 45 His Subjects will exceed..in some vitious Liberty, to abate their griefe. 1758 S. Hayward Seventeen Serm. xvii. 543 You cannot possibly exceed in your love to him. b. To pass the limits of truth; to exaggerate. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (intransitive)] overreacha1568 outlash1611 overlavish1625 exasperate1632 out-throwa1680 exceed1717 1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 21 May in Wks. (1955) VII. 275 Said to contain about 4000 souls. They seem to exceed in the numbers of this town. 1815 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. iii. 71 I believe I exceed when I say there were 200 persons assembled. 5. a. To be preëminent, whether in a good or bad sense; to bear the palm; to be greater or better than, surpass others; to preponderate. †to exceed above: = sense 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [verb (intransitive)] shinec900 to bear, fang, have the flower (of)c1310 exceed1482 pre-excel1587 excel16.. to take the (or a) lead1745 1482 Monk of Evesham 56 Aboue alle thyng that may be conceyued of any mannys mynde, hyt excedeth of cruelnes and dedly tormenting. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xi. iv Phebus above all sterres in lyght..Dothe exceede. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. C2^v The guilt beeing great, the feare doth still exceede . View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iv. 16 Mar. I saw the Dutchesse of Millaines gowne... Hero O that exceedes they say. View more context for this quotation 1650 E. Ashmole tr. A. Dee Fasciculus Chemicus ii. 21 One of the contraries exceeding destroies the rest. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xi. 48 An Emulation of who shall exceed in benefiting. 1677 J. Dryden State Innocence v. i. 40 Justice must punish the rebellious deed: Yet punish so, as pity shall exceed. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 76 Men always choose the life which exceeds in pleasure. b. To abound, teem with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > make abundant [verb (transitive)] > abound in or with > swarm with wallc1000 to swarm in1482 wamble1485 scrawl1530 to swarm with1548 exceed1624 pullulate1641 sny1674 teem1710 spawn1818 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia ii. 23 The river exceedeth with abundance of fish. 6. a. Chiefly in Cambridge use: To have more than usual at a meal; to have extra or holiday fare. Cf. exceeding n. 2a. Also of the ‘commons’ (food): To be in extra quantity. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > eat more than usual or overeat exceeda1592 to pig out1978 a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. F2^v This day shal be a festiual day with me, For I shall exceed in the highest degree. 1626 J. Mede Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 231 Dr. Pask made his colledge exceed that night. a1627 W. Rowley & T. Middleton Wit at Severall Weapons i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kkkkkk/2 Sir, these fellowes may pray for you, you have made the Schollars commons exceed to day. b. To take too much food or drink. ΚΠ 1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xi This stuff of yours is sweet and nice, and I suppose she exceeded. 7. To issue, proceed. Obsolete. rare¹. ΚΠ 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 314 All the hinderance and let [to breeding], is found to exceede of cold. 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