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Etymology
L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found in culmen height, top; Compare French exceller. See also culminate, column.

Verb
en-verb|excel|l|ed

1. transitive To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.

#:I excelled everyone else with my exam results.

1. intransitive To be much better than others.

#* 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 2.
#*: If, then, there is something in what the poets say, and jealousy is natural to the divine power, it would probably occur in this case above all, and all who excelled in this knowledge would be unfortunate.

Translations
trans-top|transitive: to surpass someone or something
Finnish: olla parempi
trans-mid
Nahuatl: tlamiauati
Portuguese: exceler
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trans-top|intransitive: to be much better than others
Finnish: loistaa, olla erittäin hyvä
trans-mid
trans-bottom

References
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