SURMOUNT Copy link • SURMOUNTsuperare or transire aliquid: defungi or perfungi aliqua re (☞ exhaurire aliquid; e.g., labores, is poetical). To surmount difficulties, obstacles, difficultates superare (Velleius); impedimenta superare, vincere (Cic.). Vid: also, CONQUER, OVERCOME.