surmount

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”), equivalent to sur- +‎ mount. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈmaʊnt/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /sɚˈmaʊnt/ (Australian) IPA(key): /səˈmæɔnt/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /səˈmæʊnt/ Rhymes: -aʊnt === Verb === surmount (third-person singular simple present surmounts, present participle surmounting, simple past and past participle surmounted) (transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome. (transitive) To cap; to sit on top of. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== surmountable insurmountable ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “surmount”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “surmount”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “surmount”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Middle English == === Verb === surmount alternative form of surmounten