Surmount \Sur*mount"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surmounted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surmounting}.] [OE. sourmounten, OF. surmonter, sormonter, F. surmonter; sur over + monter to mount. See {Sur-}, and {Mount}, v. i.] 1. To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.
The mountains of Olympus, Athos, and Atlas, overreach and surmount all winds and clouds. --Sir W. Raleigh.
2. To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles. --Macaulay.
3. To surpass; to exceed. --Spenser.
What surmounts the reach Of human sense I shall delineate. --Milton.
Syn: To conquer; overcome; vanquish; subdue; surpass; exceed.
Hill underscored his supporting-actor role by saying that he not only had to win to surmount his Bismarck-boy image, but win big.
Although the severance was requested by the defense, Gesell's ruling could be a boost to the prosecution's ability surmount legal difficulties posed by the congressional immunity given three of the four defendants.
"This is not the first time there have been differences, and we were able in the past to surmount them," one Fatah activist said.
None is expected to surmount the 4% barrier.
Such advisers have a commonality of interests with their clients; the commission system creates potential conflicts of interest all the time. No doubt many honest advisers surmount it, but the conflict is there all the same.
The latest Pentagon step in its high-profile campaign to surmount congressional opposition to the expensive bomber is the declassification of a list of 156 contractors in 26 states and the District of Columbia involved in the program.
The House Appropriations Committee voted to eliminate all funding for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights next year, saying the agency has failed to surmount the controversy over its work.
"It would have been a coup" for Plessey to surmount the regulatory hurdles confronting any foreign company that tries to buy a U.S. defense-related electronics concern, Mr. Funnerscale argued.
Mazowiecki will go before parliament Friday to unveil a shakeup in his government, struggling to surmount an avalanche of criticism from farmers and Walesa.
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To surmount such hurdles, the foundation plans to disseminate the videos, and the computer hardware needed to run them, only in doctors offices or hospitals, so that patients can discuss their reactions with their doctors.
Say what you're doing to surmount failings.
To surmount one obstacle to completion of the deficit-cutting package, House leaders have prepared a possible compromise position with the Senate on the issue of aid to the Nicaraguan Contra rebels.