Definition of surmount

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Surmount (v. i.) To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.

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Insurmountableness :: Insurmountableness (n.) The state or quality of being insurmountable; insurmountability.
Mound :: Mound (n.) A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe..
Crest :: Crest (v. t.) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for..
Exuperable :: Exuperable (a.) Surmountable; superable.
Timber :: Timber (v. t.) To surmount as a timber does.
Surmount :: Surmounting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surmoun.
Facile :: Facile (a.) Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered.
Crowned :: Crowned (p. p. & a.) Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected..
Conquer :: Conquer (v. t.) To subdue or overcome by mental or moral power; to surmount; as, to conquer difficulties, temptation, etc..
Sphaeridium :: Sphaeridium (n.) A peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of most kinds of sea urchins, and consisting of an oval or sherical head surmounting a short pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an olfactory organ..
Surmounter :: Surmounted (a.) Partly covered by another charge; -- said of an ordinary or other bearing.
Superabound :: Superable (a.) Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable.
Alp :: Alp (n.) Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted..
Orle :: Orle (n.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest..
Exuperate :: Exuperate (v. t.) To excel; to surmount.
Crown-imperial :: Crown-imperial (n.) A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves..
Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..
Debruised :: Debruised (a.) Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut..
Surmullet :: Surmounter (n.) One who, or that which, surmounts..
Surmount :: Surmount (v. i.) To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles..
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