ppl. a. [f. SURMOUNT v. + -ED1.]

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  1.  Arch. Applied to an arch or vault whose rise is greater than half the span: opp. to SURBASED.

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1728.  Chambers, Cycl., s.v. Vault, All above Hemispheres are call’d … surmounted Vaults.

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1825.  [see SURBASED a.].

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1836.  Parker, Gloss. Archit. (1850), 40. Surmounted arches.

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  2.  Overcome, vanquished.

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1824.  Wiffen, Tasso, IX. xxviii. Honour … itself is base, Which no surmounted toils of jeopardy aggrace!

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