Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I encountered my friend. He accosted me with excessive warmth, for he had been drinking much. The man wore motley. He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells. I was so pleased to see him that I thought I should never have done wringing his hand. In the excerpt above, the word surmounted most nearly means _____. mounted upon gotten over or across prevailed over equaled in value

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The hat was sitting on top of his head, probably very loosely. In this case, it means mounted upon.