surmounted

Speech parts

1. surmounted - Adjective

2. surmounted - Verb

Meaning

of Surmount

Having its vertical height greater than the half span; -- said of an arch.

Partly covered by another charge; -- said of an ordinary or other bearing.

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Examples

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. Albert Camus

Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished. Napoleon Bonaparte

Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance. Abigail Adams

For honest merit to succeed amid the tricks and intrigues which are now so lamentably common, I know is difficult; but the honor of success is increased by the obstacles which are to be surmounted. Let me triumph as a man or not at all. Rutherford B. Hayes

There is no doubt that I, also, had long been aware of the problem, i.e. producing X-ray interferences, before the inherent difficulties had finally been surmounted. Max von Laue

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