surmountv.
/səːˈmaʊnt/ a. in quality, attainment, etc.: To excel, be superior to. Obsolete.
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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
c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 826 So had she Surmountede hem al of beaute.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 123 Comparison may noon y-maked bee For yt surmounteth pleynly alle odoures.
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 3344 A stoon..Þe whiche..of colour surmounteth euery grene.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 232 Holsom and glad is the memorye Of Crist Jhesu! surmountyng al swetnesse.
1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 192 O reuerend Chaucere,..Surmounting ewiry tong terrestriall, Alls fer as Mayes morow dois mydnycht.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour Proheme sig. aiijv Whome, I beseche god, ye may surmount in longe life and perfect felicitie.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X4 The famous auncestryes Of my most dreaded Soueraigne..By which all earthly Princes she doth far surmount.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. ii. 735 In Siluer, Potozi seemes to haue surmounted any one Mine of the World, besides those of new Spaine.
1625 F. Quarles Sions Sonets xi. sig. C3v See, how Kings Courts surmount poore Shephards cells, So this, the pride of Solomon, excells.
1670 J. Dryden in J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest Pref. sig. A2 We may satisfie our selves with surmounting them in the Scene, and safely leave them those trappings of writing..with which they adorn the borders of their Plays.
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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
the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > continue in life [verb (transitive)] > survive age or stage in life
passc1350
overgoa1400
surmounta1530
out-pitch1627
turn1716
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > spend extravagantly [verb (transitive)] > surpass (budget, income, etc.) in spending
to be superexpended1473
superexpone1491
to be superspended?1507
surmount1570
outspend1655
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 1038 Som so ful of furye is and despit, That it sourmounteth his repressyoun.
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iii. pr. viii. 80 Mayst þou sourmounten þise olifuntz in gretnesse or weyȝt of body?
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 37 How hath ye euyl thys daye surmounted ye goode.
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCxxviiiv Aged persones that hath surmounted & passed that age.
1546 in W. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum (1821) III. 283/2 The kinges maiesties landes doe surmount the lands of the said John Norris by the yearly value of xlj s. xj d. ob.
1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 4 §8 Yf the Landes..solde..do surmount, after the Rate and Value aforesaid, the Debt and Arrearages.
1571 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis sig. A.2 To incur the cryme of surmounting my priuate estate.
1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) ii. vii. 276 If two or moe persons, do ioyne in the stealing of goods that do surmount xii d.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. lviii. 426 There arose so terrible a..tempest..that it surmounted well near the foule trouble..endured in the Alpes.
a1601 W. Lambarde Archion (1635) 91 Where the Mischiefe doth surmount the common growth.
a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 471 Many Charitable and Pious works, perhaps surmounting his Estate.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. i. 131 The Inhabitants of the World do daily increase, and their increment surmounts daily their decrease.
1776 in Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1890) XV. 357 That the debts..due from the estate..surmount the inventoried part of said estate the sum of £46. 3. 1¼.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > do (something) to excess [verb (transitive)] > exceed or extend beyond
passa1387
surmount1502
surpassa1555
transcend1559
outreacha1568
surreach1606
paragona1616
outsweepa1729
overjump1877
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. vii. sig. g.iiiv Thynges ye whiche surmounten the puyssaunce & capacyte of naturall vnderstandynge.
?1553 Respublica (1952) iii. ii. 22 Theye ferre sormounte all praise that my tong can expresse.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1380 How thou wilt here come off surmounts my reach. View more context for this quotation
1681 J. Oldham Some New Pieces never Publisht sig. a3 (advt.) Nothing can be said..so choice and curious, which his Deserts do not surmount.
1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) cxxxix. xiii Thy Thoughts of Love to me surmount The Power of Number to recount.
a. (from 1a). To be superior, to excel. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)]
pass?a1425
precel?a1425
superexcelc1429
surmount1447
excela1535
transcend1635
prepoll1657
outgrabe1855
to go one better1856
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 156 Not oonly this Marye..surmountyd in dygnyte But also..She of naturys yiftys had the sovereynte.
1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (new ed.) i. 11 O ye estates surmountynge in noblenesse.
1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 12 The Richesse, the sumptuous buyldyng,..with all other thynges that makyth a Cite glorius Surmownteth in Venys a bove all places that ever I Sawe.
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xv. i. 271 The noble men and gentlemen doo surmount in this behalfe.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) iv. 256 She was a woman, as in birth royall, so in all naturall graces surmounting.
1687 tr. Sallust Wks. 85 There were two Great Men of different..Manners of Living, yet in Vertue both surmounting.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > be excessive [verb (intransitive)] > be in excess
overpass1530
surmounta1533
advance1557
surfeit1558
redound1616
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > remain or be left [verb (intransitive)] > be left over
overleaveOE
thrive1509
surmounta1533
advance1557
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B.iijv This our age..is not called of yron, for faute of sages, but bycause the malycious people surmounte.
1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. D.4 That we maye..se bothe in addycion and subtraction what somme maye surmounte of the remaynes.
?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Giv, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens Somtyme ye shal vse detraction of blode, yt is when the blode surmounteth.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxciij The cleargy, which in the consistory of the Empire surmounte in nombre.
1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 83 My mysery doth more surmount that his Majesty is drawen in to be a party.
3. transitive. To prevail over, get the better of, overcome.† c. absol. or intransitive. To overcome, prevail. Obsolete.
a. a person; †also said of an emotion or desire. Now rare.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)]
overcomeeOE
forecomec1000
overwieldlOE
masterc1225
overmaistrie1340
overmatcha1375
overpassa1382
surmount1390
to have the fairer (of)c1400
maistriec1400
overmasterc1425
winc1440
overc1485
bestride1526
rixlec1540
overreach1555
control1567
overmate1567
govern1593
to give (a person) the lurch1598
get1600
to gain cope of1614
top1633
to fetch overa1640
down1641
to have the whip hand (of)1680
carberry1692
to cut down1713
to be more than a match for1762
outflank1773
outmaster1799
outgeneral1831
weather1834
best1839
fore-reach1845
to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849
scoop1850
euchrec1866
bemaster1871
negotiate1888
to do down1900
to get (someone) wetc1926
lick1946
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 217 He his fader in desdeign Hath..set of non acompte, As he which thoghte him to surmonte.
a1400–50 Wars Alex. (Ashm.) 2361 Sexes [= Xerxes] in sum time surmountid all kyngis.
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 6161 His hert gret angur surmounted.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour 117 Seint Katerine, that by her witte..surmounted..the grettest philosophers in Grece.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xvi. 73 Thus covetyse shal nothyng surmount Your yonge ladyes herte.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xcv. 284 He feared leste they wolde surmounte hym, and take awaye his realme from hym.
?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 102 The sodden Ioy surmounted my memory.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 275 The attempts of the rival ministers to surmount and supplant each other.
b. temptation, hostility, (now usually) a difficulty or obstacle; by association with sense 7 = to rise superior to, get over.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > surmount (difficulty or disaster)
overcomea1225
surmount1484
compass1561
superate1598
to get above ——1603
to get over ——1618
overa1800
to tide over1821
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxii. 91 They surmounted many grete temptacions.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxviii. i. 1015 The very indignation and shame of this example surmounted the malice of his adversaries.
1683 W. Temple Mem. in Wks. (1720) I. 403 About which, the Swedes could not surmount the Difficulties during the Course of their Mediation.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 19 His Aversion is not so invincible, but may be surmounted by a weighty Present.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ix. 398 He saw it would be impossible for him to surmount the difficulties he was under.
1780 S. Johnson Let. 11 Apr. (1992) III. 236 We have had very cold weather, bad riding weather for my Master, but he will surmount it all.
1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. ii. 23 Thus early Charles surmounted the obstacles which nature had cast in his way.
1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. iv. 118 After surmounting the embarrassment and delays inseparable from a deficient supply of conveyance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery, superiority, or advantage [verb (intransitive)]
risec1175
to have the higher handa1225
to have the besta1393
bettera1400
vaila1400
to win or achieve a checka1400
surmount1400
prevaila1425
to have (also get) the better handa1470
to go away with it1489
to have the besta1500
to have (also get, etc.) the better (or worse) end of the staff1542
to have ita1616
to have (also get) the laugh on one's side1672
top1718
beat1744
to get (also have) the right end of the stick1817
to have the best of1846
to go one better1856
1400 tr. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh. cxi. 111 Sweche er of þe nombre of hem þat surmounten and ouercomen.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 105 The whiche assemblid in thys maner by grete pryde that surmounted on them.
4. † b. To go back in date beyond. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To mount, rise, or ascend above (also figurative); also, to reach or extend above, surpass in height, be higher than, overtop. Now rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > ascend (something) [verb (transitive)] > rise above
overstyeOE
overgoc1350
surmountc1374
overspringc1395
overrisea1400
overmounta1425
surpassa1649
top1774
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > make high(er) [verb (transitive)] > exceed in height
surmountc1374
overpassa1400
passc1400
overpeer1565
overcrop1567
overlook1567
overtop1578
top1582
superate1599
overtip?a1607
over-heighten?1611
out-topa1672
overtower1812
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iv. met. i. 110 I haue..swifte feþeres þat surmounten þe heyȝt of þe heuene.
1423 Kingis Quair lxxxvii Sum for desyre, surmounting thaire degree.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxv. 147 There ben so highe [engyns] that not onely they surmonten the walles but also the highest towres.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 1 The great Sothrenwood doth..surmount the heigth or stature of a tal man.
1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs iii. iii. 14 in Purple Island She the highest height in worth surmounts.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 91 Any time of the year it [sc. the quicksilver] will not much..surmount the..height..of 29 inches.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. xiii. 479/2 Mounts gradually surmounting each other.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 57 It is clear that the waters never surmounted those high summits, or at least remained but a short time upon them.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > [verb (transitive)] > go back in time beyond
surmounta1647
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)]
forecomea1300
precede?a1425
fore-run1590
usher1607
eve1638
to usher in1641
surmounta1647
antevene1655
antedate1664
antecedea1676
anticipate1855
precourse1888
predate1889
precursea1892
a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. i. 77 A family whose ancestors surmounted for tyme of continewance theare the Conquest.
a. intransitive. To mount, rise, ascend (above something); to extend in height; figurative to exalt oneself; to arise, spring up. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)]
styc825
astyc950
ariseOE
upstyOE
to step upOE
upcomec1000
to come upOE
to go upOE
upwendc1200
runge?c1225
amountc1275
upgoa1325
heavec1325
uparise1340
ascend1382
higha1393
lifta1400
risea1400
skilla1400
uprisea1400
raisec1400
rearc1400
surmount1430
to get upc1450
transcenda1513
springa1525
upmounta1560
assurge?1567
hove1590
surgea1591
tower1618
hoist1647
upheave1649
to draw up1672
spire1680
insurrect1694
soar1697
upsoar1726
uprear1828
higher1889
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes i. ii. (Bodl. 263) 15/2 So hih a tour..Which that sholde surmounte aboue the skie.
c1475 Partenay 2610 Ful gret ioy of hert in hym gan surmount.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xlviii. 70 The waters..surmounted by heyght of ten Cubites vpon the hyhest montayn.
a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum l. 397 in Poems (1899) 60 Theim to supprise, That wolde surmonte, or in vices arise.
1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye (1823) 27 Disobedience of the deuyll, not kepynge the order of his creation, but surmountynge farre aboue it.
1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Fii If the piller surmount from 25 to .30. the height of the pillor must be deuided into .12 partes.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > enumerate, reckon, or calculate [verb (intransitive)] > amount or be equal to
goeOE
risec1175
amount1399
mountc1400
to come to ——?a1425
draw1425
reach1431
to run to ——1528
surmount1551
to come unto ——1562
arise1594
to equivalize account1647
tell1671
sum1721
reckon1783
count1819
number1842
to add up1850
to add up to1853
to work out1867
total1880
to tot up1882
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Gvv Betwene thys two corners the sea runneth in,..and there surmounteth into a large & wyde sea [L. per ingens inane diffusum].
1576 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. 102/1 The whole summe was founde to surmount to .294. yeares.
1589 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 206 Presents to the Viceroy and Bassas, which are said to surmount to twentie thousand dollers.
a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 439 The custom which in former times was farmed for ten hundred thousand drachma's, scarce now surmounts to a hundred and fifty thousand.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (intransitive)] > be made or produced
acomeOE
breedc1200
newc1390
gendera1398
foddenc1440
surmount1522
rise1549
naturate1576
superfete1642
kittle1823
the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate, derive, or arise [verb (intransitive)]
arisec950
syeOE
comeOE
riselOE
springc1175
buildc1340
derivec1386
sourdc1386
proceedc1390
becomea1400
to be descended (from, of)1399
bursta1400
to take roota1400
resolve?c1400
sourdre14..
springc1405
descenda1413
sprayc1425
well?a1475
depart1477
issue1481
provene1505
surmount1522
sprout1567
accrue?1576
source1599
dimane1610
move1615
drill1638
emane1656
emanate1756
originate1758
to hail from1841
deduce1866
inherita1890
stem1932
the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > perform arithmetic or algebraic operations [verb (intransitive)] > add or sum > result from or amount to
surmount1522
amount1613
foot1883
1522–3 Will of William Lyly (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/21) f. 24v All my goodes I will be solde, and the money that shal surmount of the same [etc.].
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. v. sig. M ij v Adde all the sides of that Triangle together, taking halfe of the number which surmounteth.
1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. i. xxvi From which, they say, all mixtils doe surmount [L. existunt].
6. transitive. To mount upon, get on the top of; usually, to mount and cross to the other side of, climb across, get over; occasionally to round or weather (a cape); also, to extend over and across.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)] > get up over something
surmounta1533
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > ascend (something) [verb (transitive)] > climb up or scale > climb over
surmounta1533
overclimba1547
society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] > sail to windward of
surmounta1533
weatherc1595
the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > extend over or across
overstretch?a1425
span1624
percur1657
overspan1697
surmount1829
a1533 Ld. Berners in tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) Prol. sig. A j [They] surmounted the hyghe mounte of Olympius, there to contemplate..the influences of the planettes in the heuen.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. i. 1 Hauing..surmounted the height and sharpnesse of the mount Rhodope.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. i. 31 b The sea which..casteth against [Cape] Malee, is such that without great labour..she is not to be recouered or surmounted.
1765 Museum Rusticum 4 250 The difficulty of surmounting obstacles by their shorter radii.
1819 J. Foster Contrib. Eclectic Rev. (1844) I. 505 He would sometimes leap over the wall at a spring, in preference to taking the trouble to open the gate or surmount a stile just at hand.
1825 W. Scott Talisman xii, in Tales Crusaders III. 291 The surmounting one crag only lifts the climber to points yet more dangerous.
1829 Chapters Physical Sci. 357 Telescopes enable the eye to surmount immense distances.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xii. 89 Simond surmounted the next ridge.
7. To stand, lie, or be situated above; to rest on the top of; to top, crown. Originally in Heraldry, said of a crest above a shield, also of a charge represented as laid upon another so as to extend across and beyond it. Chiefly in past participle: surmounted by = having above or on the top.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > high position > set in a high position [verb (transitive)] > occupy or form the top of
crownc1430
pinnaclea1525
surmount1610
cresta1616
top1615
head1638
coronate1707
cap1807
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie vi. vii. 286 A rich Mantle of cloth of Gold, doubled Ermine,..surmounted by a Lion passant, gardant.
1627 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman (rev. ed.) xiii. 184 A fece engrailed Argent surmounted by another not engraild Gules.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vii. 148/1 Two Reynards or Foxes counter saliant, the dexter surmounted of the sinister Gules.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vii. 198/1 A Serpent Imbowed, the head debrused (or surmounted) of the tail.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xix. 479/1 Thre Swans Necks..surmounting (or debrusing) each other.
1820 W. Irving Christmas Eve in Sketch Bk. II. 58 The huge square columns that supported the gate were surmounted by the family crest.
1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine iii. 167 The two domes..which surmount the Holy Sepulchre and the Basilica of Constantine.
1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) vii. 33 When a Canton and Bordure are blazoned upon the same shield, the Canton surmounts the Bordure.
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 36 An artificial mound..with some indications of a wall having surmounted it.
1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) vi. 81 When an Ordinary surmounts, or is placed over, a Lion or other animal, it is said to be Debruised.
Derivatives
surmount n. rare. something that surmounts, something placed on the top.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > upper part > top piece or part
overmosta1382
overesta1400
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surmount1879
1879 P. R. Drummond Perthshire in Bygone Days v. 24 Leaping a gate where there was a surmount of spikes.
surˈmountal n. [-al suffix1] rare. the act of surmounting or getting over.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > getting up over something
surmountal1886
1886 J. W. Graham Neæra (1887) II. xvi. 292 It was too lofty to afford any hope of surmountal.
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