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Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exceeded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Exceeding}.] [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or
beyond; ex out cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. exc['e]der.
See {Cede}.]
To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit
or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good
and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk,
stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds
another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.
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Name the time, but let it not
Exceed three days. --Shak.
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Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. --Pope.

Syn: To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie;
overtop.
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Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. i.
1. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure. "In
our reverence to whom, we can not possibly exceed." --Jer.
Taylor.
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Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
--Deut. xxv.
3.
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2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. --Shak.
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