exceeding

«exceeding» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: very, extremely — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic sense

modern equivalent

very, extremely

part of speech

adjective or adverb

meaning for a pupil

very great or to a great degree. tree →

how it differs from today

Today exceeding means going over a limit; here it means very or extremely, as in 'exceeding grievous'.

examples

• And the LORD said: 'Verily, the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and, verily, their sin is exceeding grievous. (Torah GEN.18.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• "The villain, though exceeding clever, Shall prosper not by his villainy. (Indian Fairy Tales) tree →
• And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. (Torah GEN.17.6, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

exceeding

tests

manual 10.3; corpora 18 (Torah 8, tales 10, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 2.0 (Torah alone 18.7); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

In the corpora

• And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
• And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
• The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds;
• And he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much.
• And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many; the weight of the brass could not be found out.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «exceeding» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.