Excel

ek-sel′, v.t. to be superior to: to exceed: to surpa .— v.i. to have good qualities in a high degree: to perform very meritorious actions: to be superior:— pr.p. excel′ling; pa.p. excelled′. — ns. Ex′cellence , Ex′cellency , great merit: any excellent quality: worth: greatne : a title of honour given to persons high in rank or office.— adj. Ex′cellent , surpa ing others in some good quality: of great virtue, worth, .: superior: valuable.— adv. Ex′cellently .— adj. Excel′sior (L. comp. ), higher still. [L. excellĕre — ex , out, up, and a word from the root of cels us , high.]