[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

surpassing \surpass"ing\, a.
   eminently excellent; exceeding others. "with surpassing glory
   crowned." --milton. -- surpass"ingly, adv. --
   surpass"ingness, n.
   1913 webster
see also:
surpass"ingly surpass"ingness 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

surpass \surpass"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. surpassed; p. pr. 
   vb. n. surpassing. f. surpasser; sur over + passer to
   pass. see sur-, and pass.
   to go beyond in anything good or bad; to perform an
   activity better than; to exceed; to excel.
   1913 webster

         this would surpass
         common revenge and interrupt his joy.    --milton.
   1913 webster

   syn: to exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.
        1913 webster
see also:
surpassed surpassing sur- pass 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

surpassing
     adj 1: exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in
            excellence syn: transcendent
     2: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of
        exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian
        efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young
        mozart's prodigious talents" syn: exceeding, exceptional,
         olympian, prodigious
see also:
transcendent exceeding exceptional olympian prodigious 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

108 moby thesaurus words for "surpassing":
   a cut above, above, absolute, ahead, arrant, ascendant, best,
   better, capping, champion, choice, chosen, classical, complete,
   consummate, crass, decided, definitive, distinguished, downright,
   eclipsing, egregious, elect, elite, eminent, enormous, exceeding,
   excellent, excelling, excessive, extraordinary, finer, flagrant,
   for the best, glaring, great, greater, greatest, gross, handpicked,
   higher, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, incomparable, intolerable,
   major, marked, matchless, of choice, one up on, optimal, optimum,
   out-and-out, outright, outstanding, over, paramount, peerless,
   perfect, picked, positive, precious, preeminent, prime, prize,
   profound, pronounced, proper, quintessential, rank, rare, regular,
   rivaling, select, shattering, shocking, stark, stark-staring,
   super, superior, superlative, supreme, the veriest, thorough,
   thoroughgoing, topping, total, towering, transcendent,
   transcendental, transcending, ultimate, unbearable, unconscionable,
   undeniable, unequivocal, unmatchable, unmatched, unmitigated,
   unparalleled, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, unsurpassable,
   unsurpassed, upper, utter, very best

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