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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1834
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SURMUNT, v. Sc. form of Eng. surmount. See Munt, v., n.1 and note.Sc. 1834 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) IV. 148:
Mountains . . . which, like an engineer, it turns when unable to surmunt.
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