surpass
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Surpass, sur-pas′, v.t. to pass beyond: to exceed: to excel: to go past in space.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Surpass the story, if you can; we shall bear you no grudge!
From Towards the Goal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
As eve's red skies Surpass the morning's rosy prophecies, Thy life to that proud boast its answer pays, Scorning thy faith and purpose to defend.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James
Surpass, ye higher men, the petty virtues, the petty policy, the sand-grain considerateness, the ant-hill trumpery, the pitiable comfortableness, the "happiness of the greatest number"—!
From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
Far as Phæacian mariners all else Surpass, the swift ship urging through the floods, 130 So far in tissue-work the women pass All others, by Minerva’s self endow’d With richest fancy and superior skill.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
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