Surmount
Surmount , transitive verb
[Old English sourmounten, Old French surmonter, sormonter, French surmonter; sur over + monter to mount. See Sur-, and Mount, v. i.]
1.
To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.
The mountains of Olympus, Athos, and Atlas, overreach and surmount all winds and clouds.
2.
To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles. — Macaulay
3.
To surpass; to exceed. — Spenser
What surmounts the reach
Of human sense I shall delineate.