surmount
verb (used with object)
to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over.
were surmounting
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past progressiveof surmount.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Coming to the Morai, we found it inclosed by a wall; and while the rest were surmounting it, Mohi was busily engaged in the apparently childish occupation of collecting pebbles.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
