excelled

Variant of excel

excel definition

ex·cel (ek sel′, ik-)

intransitive verb, transitive verb excelled -·celled′, excelling -·cel′·ling

to be better or greater than, or superior to (another or others)

Etymology: ME excellen < OFr exceller < L excellere, to raise, surpass, excel < ex-, out of, from + -cellere, to rise, project < IE base *kel-, to project > hill, Gr kolophōn

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