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.
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