превосходить

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣвъсходити (prěvŭsxoditi). By surface analysis, пре- (pre-) +‎ восходи́ть (vosxodítʹ).

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Verb

превосходи́ть (prevosxodítʹimpf (perfective превзойти́)

  1. to excel, to surpass
    превосходи́ть чи́сленностьюprevosxodítʹ číslennostʹjuto outnumber
  2. to surpass, to exceed

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