surpassing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of surpass

adj

1. Becoming superior to others; becoming excellent; exceptional; exceeding.

   “"Yet once again," exclaimed he, passionately, "let me gaze on that beautiful and beloved face! let me see if sorrow has cast a shadow on its surpassing loveliness! I will not let her know how near I am, and how wretched! No, in secret and in silence will I look upon her once more; and then, farewell for ever!"”

noun

1. The act or process by which something is surpassed; a bettering.

   “In both of these surpassings, the human being, in being freed, is freed both to be itself and to be beyond itself; but the second orients us more fully towards being free beyond self-determination.”