surmount
verbEtymology
From Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”), equivalent to sur- + mount.
- inherited from surmounten
Definitions
To get or be over without touching or resting on
To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
- 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".
To cap
To cap; to sit on top of.
- The boiler had a large dome over the firebox, inside the cab, surmounted by Ramsbottom safety valves.
- The ovolo surmounting the dentil course generally turns the corner by means of a carved acanthus leaf, the decorated cyma and cyma reversa being similarly treated at the corner.
The neighborhood
- neighborsurmountable
- neighborinsurmountable
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at surmount. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at surmount. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at surmount
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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