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surpasseth

surpasseth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of surpass.

Meaning of surpass

Verb

surpass (third-person singular simple present surpasses, present participle surpassing, simple past and past participle surpassed)

  1. (transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.
    • The former problem student surpassed his instructor's expectations and scored top marks on his examination.

Origin of surpasseth

From surpass + -eth.

Questions about surpasseth

What is surpasseth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Surpasseth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of surpass.

Words near surpasseth in the dictionary

  1. surpassed
  2. surpasser
  3. surpassers
  4. surpasses
  5. surpassest
  6. surpasseth
  7. surpassing
  8. surpassingly
  9. surpassingness
  10. surpassings
  11. surpassive

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