surmounter

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sur·mount

(sər-mount′)

tr.v. sur·mount·ed, sur·mount·ing, sur·mounts

1. To overcome (an obstacle, for example); triumph over.

2. To ascend to the top of; climb: surmount a hill.

a. To place something above; top: The lintel was surmounted with a frieze.

b. To be above or on top of: The church steeple surmounts the square.

4. Obsolete To surpass or exceed in amount.

[Middle English surmonten, from Old French surmonter : sur-, sur- + monter, to mount; see mount¹.]

sur·mount′a·ble adj.

sur·mount′er n.

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Noun

surmounter - someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion

overcomer, subduer

controller, restrainer - a person who directs and restrains

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"This is the man without disgust, this is Zarathustra himself, the surmounter of the great disgust, this is the eye, this is the mouth, this is the heart of Zarathustra himself."