transitive verb
- Obsolete to surpass or exceed; go beyond
- to get the better of; conquer; overcome
- to be or lie at the top of; be or rise above
- to climb up and across (a height, obstacle, etc.)
- to place something above or on top of
Etymology:
ME surmounten < OFr surmonter: see sur- & mount
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