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• (surmount)- to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over,<br />

( , / ); On the west the physical barriers<br />

were less difficult to surmount, and the advent of railroads has only<br />

diminished the inequality. — The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 4, January,<br />

1885;<br />

• (surpass)- to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than;<br />

exceed, ( , / ); Only in speed could<br />

he be surpassed, and in that only by his younger brother. — The Were-Wolf;<br />

• (scale)- climb; ascend, ( ; ); Vesuvius was scaled, and<br />

its crater revealed its awful depths. — The Cryptogram A Novel;<br />

• (outperform)- be or do something to a greater degree;<br />

• (outstrip)- be or do something to a greater degree;<br />

• (overrun)- to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage, (<br />

); The zombies had made the difference; the<br />

defensive positions of the Mundanes were overrun, and the carnage resumed.<br />

— Castle Roogna;<br />

• to exceed the proper, desired, or normal quantity, limit, order, etc, (<br />

); Do you want to overrun on this next issue?;<br />

• (overstep)- to go beyond; exceed; ( , ); to<br />

overstep one's authority;<br />

• (transcend)-to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed, ((<br />

, , , ) , ); There<br />

is a higher stage, the ultimate aspiration, which we call self-transcend, go<br />

beyond self, and leave a legacy;<br />

• (transmute)- to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into<br />

another; transform, ( ); It would transmute the unsightly<br />

rubbish of the place into fertilizing ashes, and clear the ground for the plow.<br />

— Driven Back to Eden;<br />

• (transpose)- transfer from one place or period to another;<br />

• (transcendent)- going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding,<br />

( ); His faith was transcendent, his appeals<br />

irresistible, his prayers like talking with God face to face. — The Wonders of<br />

Prayer;<br />

supersede = supplant = replace > replacement = surrogate<br />

• (supersede)- to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance,<br />

use, etc., as by another person or thing, ( ,<br />

); If they are divine, no human authority can either supersede or limit

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