Word of the Day:
surpass
What It Means
To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.
The heavy rains threatened to surpass the capabilities of the levee, endangering the town on the other side.
Did You Know?
From Middle French surpasser (“to pass beyond”). By surface analysis, sur- + pass. Displaced native Old English oferstīgan (literally “to climb over”).
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