exceed
    v 1: be greater in scope or size than some standard; "Their
         loyalty exceeds their national bonds" [syn: exceed,
         transcend, surpass]
    2: be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our
       expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
       [syn: exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past,
       top]
    3: be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance
       surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all
       other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This
       car outperforms all others in its class" [syn: surpass,
       outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo,
       surmount, outperform]

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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Exceed

    A tool to display remote X Window System
   applications on Microsoft Windows.  Exceed is not an X
   server.

   (2001-04-29)