1. [v]  be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"
2. [v]  go beyond; "She exceeded out expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
3. [v]  go beyond; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"

1. \Ex*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exceeded}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Exceeding}.] [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or
   beyond; ex out + cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. exc['e]der.
   See {Cede}.]
   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.
         Name the time, but let it not Exceed three days.
                                                  --Shak.
         Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. --Pope.
   Syn: To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie;
        overtop.
   

2. \Ex*ceed"\, v. i.
   1. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure. ``In
      our reverence to whom, we can not possibly exceed.''
      --Jer. Taylor.
            Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
                                                  --Deut. xxv.
                                                  3.
   2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. --Shak.
   

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