Excel /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Excelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Excelling

1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.

   Excelling others, these were great; Thou, greater still, must these excel.

   I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.

   She opened; but to shut Excelled her power; the gates wide open stood.

1. To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics.

   Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.

   Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel.