Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exceeded}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Exceeding}.] [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or
   beyond; ex out + cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. exc['e]der.
   See {Cede}.]
   To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit
   or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good
   and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk,
   stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds
   another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.

         Name the time, but let it not Exceed three days.
                                                  --Shak.

         Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. --Pope.

   Syn: To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie;
        overtop.