"surpassing" meaning in English

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          "text": "\"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!\"",
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          "roman": "prevǎzhoždašt",
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