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Exceed
- verb -
- be greater in scope or size than some standard;
- be or do something to a greater degree;
- go beyond
- surpass
Excels
- verb - distinguish oneself; "
- Surpass
Except
- verb - prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"
- take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
Excern
- - To excrete; to throw off through the pores; as, fluids are excerned in perspiration.
Excess
- adjective - a quantity much larger than is needed
- excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"
- immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
- more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
- the state of being more than full
Excise
- noun - a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
- levy an excise tax on
- remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
Excite
- verb - act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
- arouse or elicit a feeling
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
- produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
- raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms"
- stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
- stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"