单词 | surmounting |
释义 | surmountingn. The action of surmount v.; also, something that surmounts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > going beyond bounds overgoinga1382 surmounting14.. supergressiona1550 exceeding1593 debordment1603 pretergression1615 transgression1623 transcension?1624 debording1635 excess1818 overstep1822 overstepping1823 overpassing1865 transcendency1902 transcendence1907 the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > upper part > top piece or part overmosta1382 overesta1400 topple14.. uppermost1484 topgallant1581 upmost1589 crownwork1594 heading1665 battlement1667 crowning1692 crown piece1766 surmounting1812 crista1849 surmount1879 the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > overcoming difficulties surmounting1860 superation1866 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 581/24 Excessus, excesse, passynge oute, or surmountynge. 1812 Examiner 5 Oct. 635/1 On the entablature is an unadorned parapet, or surmounting of the front. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. viii. 60 The steady surmounting of difficulties. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2019). surmountingadj. That surmounts. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adjective] sunderlyOE noblec1330 precellentc1384 passantc1385 especialc1386 passinga1387 surmountingc1407 superlative?a1430 precelling?1435 pre-eminenta1460 outrepassed1477 divine1488 pre-excellenta1500 superexcellent1508 transcending1528 pre-ordinate1543 exceeding1552 superexcelling1554 exquisite1578 surpassingc1580 summary1587 paragon1593 transcendent1598 overmatchful1609 termless1609 overtoppinga1615 paramounta1626 overtowering1639 surpassant1654 transcendental1701 superior1711 towery1731 prize1739 supernala1817 tiptopsome1819 tip-topping1826 par excellence1839 superfine1850 towering1894 c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 5102 So excellent and so notable, Surmountyng and delytable. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 4352 Be-cause sche was surmountyng of bewte. a1527 W. Peeris Prov. in Anglia (1892) 14 473 The sermountynge pleasure who can expresse. Whiche is in armony of songe. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Fvii Taking a singular felicity & surmounting pleasure in sing them to go plumed and decked in the Feathers of deceiptfull vanity. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 18 Exceeding Aretine himselfe; that bestowed the surmountingest amplifications at his pleasure. 1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times x. 215 The admirable attractions of her surmounting beauty. 1685 T. Otway Windsor Castle 8 That good Angel whose surmounting Power Waited Great Charles in each emergent hour. 1752 R. Shirra in Rem. (1850) 188 The absolute freedom and surmounting sovereignty of his grace. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [adjective] > characterized by addition > resulting from addition surmounting?a1560 ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. xvii. sig. O ij Square the sides..and the productes seuerally multiplie in the number of perches to bee taken away, the surmountyng summes diuide by the Area of the whole triangle. 3. Situated above or on the top of something. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > of or relating to the top > situated at the top head1556 surmounting1661 crowning1816 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry i. iv. 52 A Surmounting Star, is a bearing, denoting Sons of such a father who was advanced by Vertue. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xix. 472/2 Schepsen of Silisia hath for his Crest seven such [viz. blades of grass], each surmounting and imbowed to the sinister. 1902 Academy 12 Apr. 379/1 His bookcases with their surmounting busts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.14..adj.c1407 |
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