Definition of Exceed

Ex`ceed´
v. t.1.To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; - used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.
[imp. & p. p. Exceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exceeding.]
Name the time, but let it not
Exceed three days.
- Shak.
Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair.
- Pope.
v. i.1.To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure.
Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
- Deut. xxv. 3.
2.To be more or greater; to be paramount.


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