1. surmounted - Adjective
2. surmounted - Verb
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThere 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