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surmount.

To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/səˈmaʊnt/Received-Pronunciation/sɚˈmaʊnt/Canada, General-American/səˈmæɔnt/Australia/səˈmæʊnt/New-Zealand
  1. To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.

    transitive
  2. To cap; to sit on top of.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”), equivalent to sur- + mount.

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