exuperate

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verb

To defeat, surmount, or overcome

Scrabble 18

Meanings

verbexuperate (third-person singular simple present exuperates, present participle exuperating, simple past and past participle exuperated)

present singular third person exuperates · participle present exuperating · participle past exuperated · past exuperated

  1. obsoleteTo defeat, surmount, or overcome

Origin

  1. Latinexuperatus
  2. Englishexuperate

From Latin exuperatus, exsuperatus, past participle of exuperare, exsuperare (“to excel”); ex (“out”) + superare (“to go over”), super (“above, over”).

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exuperate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exuperate

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exuperate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exuperate.

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