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exuperate

exuperate verb: to defeat, surmount, or overcome.

Verb

exuperate (third-person singular simple present exuperates, present participle exuperating, simple past and past participle exuperated)

  1. (obsolete) To defeat, surmount, or overcome

Forms of exuperate

third-person singular presentexuperates
present participleexuperating
past participleexuperated
pastexuperated

Origin of exuperate

From Latin exuperatus, exsuperatus, past participle of exuperare, exsuperare (“to excel”); ex (“out”) + superare (“to go over”), super (“above, over”).

Questions about exuperate

What does exuperate mean?
Exuperate means to defeat, surmount, or overcome.
What part of speech is exuperate?
Exuperate is a verb.
What is the past tense of exuperate?
The past tense of exuperate is exuperated.

Words near exuperate in the dictionary

  1. exungulating
  2. exuperance
  3. exuperances
  4. exuperancy
  5. exuperant
  6. exuperate
  7. exurb
  8. exurban
  9. exurbanite
  10. exurbanites
  11. exurbanity

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