Excel
Excel , transitive verb
[Latin excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found in culmen height, top; compare French exceller. See Culminate, Column.]
1.
To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.
Excelling others, these were great;
Thou, greater still, must these excel.
I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
2.
To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.
She opened; but to shut
Excelled her power; the gates wide open stood.
Excel , intransitive verb
To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics.
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.
Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel.