surmountedadj.

Etymology: < surmount v. + -ed suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: surˈmounted.

1. Architecture. Applied to an arch or vault whose rise is greater than half the span: opposed to surbased adj.¹

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [adjective] > types of arch

schemed1715

rampant1725

surmounted1728

ox-eyed1736

round-headed1751

full-centred1756

rounded1757

shark-toothed1794

straight1812

spandrelled1813

keyed1822

full centre1837

ogival1841

ogived1845

subarcuated1849

bonnet-headed1850

ogeed1851

uncusped1859

voussoired1875

subordered1898

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Vault All above Hemispheres are call'd high, or surmounted Vaults.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 540 The semicircular are called perfect arches, and those less than a semicircle, imperfect, surbased, or diminished arches. Arches are also called surmounted, when they are higher than a semicircle.

1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 40 Every arch..is said to be surmounted.., if the height of its crown above the level of its impost be greater than half its span.

2. Overcome, vanquished.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] > of difficulties: overcome or surmounted

surmounted1824

1824 J. H. Wiffen tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Delivered ix. xxviii Honour..itself is base, Which no surmounted toils of jeopardy aggrace!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	surmounted
释义	surmountedadj. Etymology: < surmount v. + -ed suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: surˈmounted. 1. Architecture. Applied to an arch or vault whose rise is greater than half the span: opposed to surbased adj.¹ ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [adjective] > types of arch schemed1715 rampant1725 surmounted1728 ox-eyed1736 round-headed1751 full-centred1756 rounded1757 shark-toothed1794 straight1812 spandrelled1813 keyed1822 full centre1837 ogival1841 ogived1845 subarcuated1849 bonnet-headed1850 ogeed1851 uncusped1859 voussoired1875 subordered1898 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Vault All above Hemispheres are call'd high, or surmounted Vaults. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 540 The semicircular are called perfect arches, and those less than a semicircle, imperfect, surbased, or diminished arches. Arches are also called surmounted, when they are higher than a semicircle. 1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 40 Every arch..is said to be surmounted.., if the height of its crown above the level of its impost be greater than half its span. 2. Overcome, vanquished. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] > of difficulties: overcome or surmounted surmounted1824 1824 J. H. Wiffen tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Delivered ix. xxviii Honour..itself is base, Which no surmounted toils of jeopardy aggrace! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1728
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