King James Bible Dictionary

EXCEE'D, verb transitive [Latin excedo; ex and cedo, to pass.

1. To pass or go beyond; to proceed beyond any given or supposed limit, measure or quantity, or beyond any thing else; used equally in a physical or moral sense. One piece of cloth exceeds the customary length or breadth; one man exceeds another in bulk, stature or weight; one offender exceeds another in villainy.

2. To surpass; to excel. Homer exceeded all men in epic poetry. Demosthenes and Cicero exceeded their contemporaries in oratory.

King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. l Kings.10.

EXCEE'D, verb intransitive To go too far; to pass the proper bounds; to go over any given limit, number or measure.

Forty stripes may he give him, and not exceed Deuteronomy 25:3.

1. To bear the greater proportion; to be more or larger.

[This verb is intransitive only by ellipsis.]

EXCEE'DABLE, adjective That may surmount or exceed.

EXCEE'DED, participle passive Excelled; surpassed; outdone.

EXCEE'DER, noun One who exceeds or passes the bounds of fitness.

EXCEE'DING, participle present tense Going beyond; surpassing; excelling; outdoing.

1. Great in extent, quantity or duration; very extensive.

Cities were built an exceeding space of time before the flood. [This sense is unusual.]

2. adverb In a very great degree; unusually; as exceeding rich.

The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea.

I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Genesis 15:1.

EXCEE'DING, noun Excess; superfluity.

EXCEE'DINGLY, adverb To a very great degree; in a degree beyond what is usual; greatly; very much.

Isaac trembled exceedingly Genesis 27:33.

EXCEE'DINGNESS, noun Greatness in quantity, extent or duration. [Not used.]