different between surmount vs superate

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s??ma?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s??ma?nt/

Verb

surmount (third-person singular simple present surmounts, present participle surmounting, simple past and past participle surmounted)

1. (transitive) To get over; to overcome.
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.

     this difficulty may perhaps be surmounted by care and art

2. (transitive) To cap; to sit on top off.

Related terms

• surmountable
• insurmountable

Translations

Further reading

• surmount in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• surmount in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• surmount at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin supero, superatus.

Verb

superate (third-person singular simple present superates, present participle superating, simple past and past participle superated)

1. (transitive, rare) To rise above; to overtop; to cover.
2. (transitive, rare) To outdo; to surpass; to exceed.
3. (transitive, rare) To overcome; to conquer.
4. (transitive, rare) To cross; to surmount; to get over.
5. (transitive, rare) To overtake.

Related terms

• super
• superation

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “superate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• epurates, respuate

Italian

Adjective

superate

1. feminine plural of superato

Verb

superate

1. second-person plural present indicative of superare
2. second-person plural imperative of superare
3. feminine plural of superato

Anagrams

• epuraste, pesature

Latin

Verb

super?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of super?
   1. "surmount ye"
   2. "surpass ye"
   3. "overflow ye"
   4. "remain ye; survive ye"

Participle

super?te

1. vocative masculine singular of super?tus