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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Old French
Origin: surpasser, from sur- ( SURCHARGE) + passer 'to pass'

surpass

 verb
     
sur‧pass [transitive]
to be even better or greater than someone or something else:
He had surpassed all our expectations.
The number of multiple births has surpassed 100,000 for the first time.
surpass yourself (=do something better than you have ever done before)
With this painting he has surpassed himself. (=done better than he has ever done before)
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