ex ‧ cel /ɪkˈsel/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle excelled , present participle excelling )
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ excellence , ↑ Excellency ; verb : ↑ excel ; adverb : ↑ excellently ; adjective : ↑ excellent ]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: excellere , from -cellere 'to rise, stick up' ]
1 . [intransitive, not in progressive] to do something very well, or much better than most people
excel at/in
Rick has always excelled at foreign languages.
2 . excel yourself British English to do something better than you usually do:
You have excelled yourself with the new exhibition.