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excelled

/ɪkˈsɛld/

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What does excelled mean?

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of excel
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/ɪkˈsɛld/

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As a boy he was fond of play but never excelled in any sport and never occupied a place of leadership.
Abraham MyersonThe Foundations of PersonalityProject Gutenberg ebook #1575
Baked or boiled, they have few superiors, and as a pan fish, are excelled only by the brook-trout of the streams.
S. H. (Samuel H.) HammondWild Northern Scenes; Or, Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the RodProject Gutenberg ebook #10009
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They had also in common the sense that they both excelled their enemies in culture, in brains, as well as in morals.
Leo, graf TolstoyThe forged coupon, and other storiesProject Gutenberg ebook #243
The Arabs are the first we read of among the people of the East who excelled in playing chess without seeing the board.
H. E. (Henry Edward) BirdChess History and ReminiscencesProject Gutenberg ebook #4902
He was almost gifted in a capacity for the romance literatures, and, anomalous though it may seem, he majored and excelled in philosophy.
Robert S. (Robert Sproul) CarrollOur Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of NervousnessProject Gutenberg ebook #5994