Category:Surmount

Sur*mount", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surmounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Surmounting.] Etym: [oe. sourmounten, of. surmonter, sormonter, f. Surmonter; sur over + monter to mount. See sur-, and mount, v. i.]

1. To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop. The mountains of olympus, athos, and atlas, overreach and surmount All winds and clouds. Sir w. Raleigh.

2. To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or Obstacles. Macaulay.

3. To surpass; to exceed. Spenser. What surmounts the reach of human sense i shall delineate. Milton.

Syn. -- to conquer; overcome; vanquish; subdue; surpass; exceed.