Surmount

/səˈmaʊnt/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
2. (transitive) To cap; to sit on top of.

Example Sentences

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".

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.

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Word Forms

• surmounts
• surmounting
• surmounted

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