The Collaborative International Dictionary
Surmount \Sur*mount"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surmounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Surmounting.] [OE. sourmounten, OF. surmonter, sormonter, F. surmonter; sur over + monter to mount. See Sur-, and Mount, v. i.]
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To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.
The mountains of Olympus, Athos, and Atlas, overreach and surmount all winds and clouds.
--Sir W. Raleigh. To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles.
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To surpass; to exceed.
--Spenser.What surmounts the reach Of human sense I shall delineate.
--Milton.Syn: To conquer; overcome; vanquish; subdue; surpass; exceed.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of surmount English)
Usage examples of "surmounting".
He had a horrid and exhilarating vision that they might part, and Prague itself and its surmounting castle be revealed riding the wind, uprooted and dropping clods and cobblestones as it went west.
Cross surmounting a triangle symbolizes the end of the Great Work, 790-l.
The Swan tavern was not hard to find, for it had an open door from which slanted a broad band of light that illuminated a white swan on a scarlet ground on a board surmounting a pollarded willow.
Pavek remembered him: a golden presence in armor of beaten gold, taller than the tallest elf, a glorious mane surmounting a cruelly perfect human face.