Defn: To a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. It signifies more than very.
EXCEL
Ex*cel", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excelled(); p. pr. & vb. n. Excelling.]
Etym: [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found in culmen
height, top; cf. F. exceller. See Culminate, Column.]
1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense. Excelling others, these were great; Thou, greater still, must these excel. Prior. I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. Eccl. ii. 13.
2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass. She opened; but to shut Excelled her power; the gates wide open stood. Milton.
EXCEL
Ex*cel", v. i.
Defn: To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or
acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in
mathematics, or classics.
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. Gen. xlix. 4.
Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. Pope.
EXCELLENCE
Ex"cel*lence, n. Etym: [F. excellence, L. excellentia.]
1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue. Consider first that great Or bright infers not excellence. Milton.
2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue. With every excellence refined. Beattie.
3. A title of honor or respect; — more common in the form
excellency.
I do greet your excellence With letters of commission from the king.
Shak.