Exceed /(?)/

Ex·ceed

Exceed

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Exceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exceeding

  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.
    Name the time, but let it not Exceed three days.
    Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair.

Exceed

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.