Past tense of surmount

Forms of surmount

Surmounted in a sentence

• The boiler had a large dome over the firebox, inside the cab, surmounted by Ramsbottom safety valves.1951 April, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: London Midland Region”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 283
• The open hearths of finery and chafery are surmounted each by a huge chimney.1957, H. R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page 224. From the entry chafery
• The trisula placed upon a pillar surmounted by flames is the monogram of Buddha.1945, William J. Fielding, Strange Superstitions and Magical Practices, page ii. 15. From the entry trisula
• It is surmounted by a bas-relief of a winged boy holding an inverted torch.1938, “1788: Piety Weeping at the Tomb of Benevolence, a Model of a Monument to be Erected in Whitechapel Church, to the Memory of Dr…. From the entry putto
• Here and there was an Italian cabinet surmounted with Delft, and here and there a bas-relief.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 39”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC. From the entry delft

Meaning of surmount

1. verb To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
2. verb To cap; to sit on top of.

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Questions about the past tense of surmount

What is the past tense of surmount?

The past tense of surmount is surmounted.

What is the past participle of surmount?

The past participle of surmount is surmounted.

Is surmount a regular or irregular verb?

Surmount is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.