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8 lettersPronunciation /səˈmaʊnt/Part of speech verbSorted mnorstuuStarts with SEnds with T0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. be or do something to a greater degree

Word origin

From Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”), equivalent to sur- + mount.

Used in a sentence

  • this difficulty may perhaps be surmounted by care and art
  • There are two realms: that of divine powers, another of the metadivine.¹ Even the gods are depicted as calling upon metadivine forces to surmount their own predestined limitations.
  • Burkina Fasoan legislation surmounts one more step which sees in the organ created in this country and designated as the Superior Council of Information (S.C.I.), " an administrative authority".

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