surmount

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English < Old French surmonter (“‘to rise above, surmount’”) < sur- (“‘above’”) + monter (“‘to mount’”).

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to surmount (third-person singular simple present surmounts, present participle surmounting, simple past and past participle surmounted)

1. to get over; to overcome
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.

     this difficulty may perhaps be surmounted by care and art

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• surmountable
• insurmountable

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[edit] External links

• surmount in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• surmount in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• surmount at OneLook® Dictionary Search