The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         Name the time, but let it not
         Exceed three days.                       --Shak.
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         Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. --Pope.

   Syn: To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie;
        overtop.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
                                                  --Deut. xxv.
                                                  3.
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   2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. --Shak.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

65 Moby Thesaurus words for "exceed":
   beat, best, better, bulk, bulk large, cap, dare, eclipse,
   exaggerate, excel, go beyond, go one better, improve on, loom,
   loom large, outdistance, outdo, outpace, outrank, outreach, outrun,
   outshine, outsoar, outstep, outstrip, outweigh, overbalance,
   overbear, overcome, overdo, overextend, overgo, overjump, overleap,
   overpass, overreach, overrun, overshadow, overshoot,
   overshoot the field, overshoot the mark, overstep, overstride,
   overtake, overtop, overwhelm, pass, perfect, predominate,
   preponderate, presume, prevail, rear, rise above, soar, stand out,
   superabound, surpass, top, tower, tower above, tower over,
   transcend, trump, venture