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surmounteth

surmounteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of surmount.

Meaning of surmount

Verb

surmount (third-person singular simple present surmounts, present participle surmounting, simple past and past participle surmounted)

  1. (transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
    • this difficulty may perhaps be surmounted by care and art1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 10
  2. (transitive) To cap; to sit on top of.
    • 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

Origin of surmounteth

surmount + -eth

Questions about surmounteth

What is surmounteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Surmounteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of surmount.

Words near surmounteth in the dictionary

  1. surmountably
  2. surmounted
  3. surmounter
  4. surmounters
  5. surmountest
  6. surmounteth
  7. surmounting
  8. surmountings
  9. surmounts
  10. surmullet
  11. surmullets

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