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rise above

rise above:

1. sŭpĕrēmĭneo, 2 (both act. and neut.): to r. a head above all, collo tenus s. omnes, Ov. M. 3, 182: Virg.: v. SURMOUNT, OVERTOP.

2. sŭpĕro, 1: the peaks r. above the clouds, superant cacumina nubes, Ov. M. 1, 317: Virg.: Liv.

3. exsŭpĕro, 1: the Nile r.s above 16 cubits, Nilus xvi. cubita exsuperat, Plin. 18, 18, 47. Phr.: the water that has risen above the land, superjectum aequor, Hor. Od. 1, 2, 12.

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