surpassing

English

Verb

surpassing

1. present participle and gerund of surpass

Adjective

surpassing (comparative more surpassing, superlative most surpassing)

1. Becoming superior to others; becoming excellent; exceptional; exceeding.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Past”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 87:

     "Yet once again," exclaimed he, passionately, "let me gaze on that beautiful and beloved face! let me see if sorrow has cast a shadow on its surpassing loveliness! I will not let her know how near I am, and how wretched! No, in secret and in silence will I look upon her once more; and then, farewell for ever!"

Translations

superior to others

• Bulgarian: превъзхождащ (bg) (prevǎzhoždašt)
• Latin: superans

Noun

surpassing (plural surpassings)

1. The act or process by which something is surpassed; a bettering.
   • 2001, William Desmond, Ethics and the Between, page 347:

     In both of these surpassings, the human being, in being freed, is freed both to be itself and to be beyond itself; but the second orients us more fully towards being free beyond self-determination.