(transitive) To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.

(transitive) To be larger, greater than (something). / (transitive) To be better than (something). / (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.

A title of honor or respect; more common in the form Excellency.

(computing, software) A spreadsheet application software program written and distributed by Microsoft.

(Britain) An examination, now mostly phased out, taken at age 11, to select the type of secondary education – either a grammar school or a secondary modern school.

(transitive) To question (someone) closely in order to verify facts, or information previously given. / (intransitive) To question a trial witness who has already been questioned by the other side.

To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely

any equipment that establishes connections between telephones / the rooms housing such equipment

To tax the patience of; irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.

(obsolete) exasperated; embittered.