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.

Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. i.
   1. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure. ``In
      our reverence to whom, we can not possibly exceed.''
      --Jer. Taylor.

            Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
                                                  --Deut. xxv.
                                                  3.

   2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

exceed
     v 1: go beyond; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"
          [syn: {transcend}, {surpass}]
     2: go beyond; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her
        performance of last year" [syn: {transcend}, {overstep}, {pass},
         {go past}, {top}]
     3: be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance
        surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes
        all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations";
        "This car outperforms all others in its class" [syn: {surpass},
         {outstrip}, {outmatch}, {outgo}, {outdo}, {surmount}, {outperform}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Exceed
     
         A tool to display remote {X Window System}
        applications on {Microsoft Windows}.  Exceed is not an X
        server.
     
        (2001-04-29)