Surmounting
[sə'maʊntɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surmount
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Examples
- Yes, said Lydgate, a great leap of joy within him surmounting every other feeling; that would pay all my debts, and leave me a little on hand. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This new and original railway bridge proved a success, and convinced England that Robert had inherited his father’s genius for surmounting what seemed impossible natural difficulties. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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