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Surmounter

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sur·mount  (sr-mount)
tr.v. sur·mount·ed, sur·mount·ing, sur·mounts
1. To overcome (an obstacle, for example); conquer.
2. To ascend to the top of; climb.
3.
a. To place something above; top.
b. To be above or on top of: The church steeple surmounts the square.
4. Obsolete To surpass or exceed in amount.
[Middle English surmonten, from Old French surmonter : sur-, sur- + monter, to mount; see mount1.]
sur·mounta·ble adj.
sur·mounter n.
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Noun1.surmounter - someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion
overcomer, subduer
controller, restrainer - a person who directs and restrains


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This is the man without disgust, this is Zarathustra himself, the surmounter of the great disgust, this is the eye, this is the mouth, this is the heart of Zarathustra himself.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
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