surmount
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”).
[edit] Verb
surmount (third-person singular simple present surmounts, present participle surmounting, simple past and past participle surmounted)
- 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
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.
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[edit] Translations
to get over; to overcome
[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
