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surpass

verb
/səˈpɑːs/UK/sɚˈpæs/US

Etymology

From Middle French surpasser (“to pass beyond”). By surface analysis, sur- + pass. Displaced native Old English oferstīgan (literally “to climb over”).

  1. derived from surpasser

Definitions

  1. To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.

    • The former problem student surpassed his instructor's expectations and scored top marks on his examination.
    • The heavy rains threatened to surpass the capabilities of the levee, endangering the town on the other side.

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at surpass. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at surpass. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at surpass

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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